Sentence examples for a shocking use of from inspiring English sources

It was a shocking use of force.

Even the history of the 20th-century wars are now refracted through the independence referendum: either you take the view that the English and Scottish had fought side by side in the trenches, or instead believe that the exceptionally high levels of recruitment and fatalities in the two world wars spoke to an old and shocking use of Scots as cannon fodder.

They had claimed that this shocking use of identity theft by a covert government agency was justified by the fact that special operatives throughout history had used fake identity papers that inevitably used the names of real people.

From Lord Maclennan, the Lib Dem peer I am afraid I see what has been published today as inadequate to justify the use of force in response to the horrific and shocking use of chemical weapons by the Assad government.

The UN human rights chief has condemned the "shocking" use of force by security forces against protesters in Bahrain.

Dr. V's shocking use of the word "dumbass" seemed to be the wake-up call Teresa needed.

The shocking use of sarin gas on Syrian civilians, if proved conclusively to have been perpetrated by Bashar Assad's regime, demands a response as a deterrent to its future use.

Enigmatic, upsetting, erotic or shocking uses of the human body to make art are a well-worn convention by now.

The payment of bonuses by AIG and other parties are shocking uses of bailout money, which was meant to open up credit again in the economy.

It's best known as being home to the turreted Hotel Mundal, opened in 1891, and a shocking number of used book stores.

A shocking 20percentt of Millennials use their phones while having sex, notes clinical psychiatrist Dr. Dale Archer in Psychology Today.