Sentence examples for an element of shock from inspiring English sources

The keys in any true scandal are impropriety, power, and intricacy — along with an element of shock.

There is probably still an element of shock: when we were leaving the airport, I was shaking.

You could see the proportion of deposits that was not being renewed – hence the need to do something – which had an element of shock and awe about it".

Relief – and an element of shock – matched Scott's delight after a classy back nine contributed to a 69 and a total of 12 under par.

But there was still an element of shock: Hollywood could not come up with a rich enough deal for Mr. Spielberg, the most bankable director in the business and a "national treasure"?

That deserves a lot of credit".While details of the attack remained sketchy while it was under way, it appears to have had an element of "shock and awe", though nothing like the huge attacks on Iraq that opened the two Gulf wars.

Scotland's manager has attempted to play down any element of shock surrounding the return of the veteran Weir.

If there were any element of shock at entering these deeper waters, she disguised it well - and anyway the words of the second song, In Haven, relate to warm Capri.

There did appear to be an element of genuine shock at the killing among the authorities, with television programmes devoted to the killing featuring some grudging praise for Nemtsov and for his achievements in government.

There's always been an element of future-shock syndrome within the music press.

A basic element of shock or horror is that we have to care about the characters and forget that we're reading a horror story, or they themeselves have to deeply connect with something at the base of our psyche.