Sentence examples for an unexpected shock from inspiring English sources

"The government received an unexpected shock.

Mancuso's Olympic win four years ago was an unexpected shock and her first major international victory.

Still, barring an unexpected shock, the job market does seem likely to improve, particularly over the longer term.

We told our families and close friends so that his debilitation and death would not be an unexpected shock.

And barring an unexpected shock like a terrorist attack or a big increase in oil prices, both the economy and the stock market appear reasonably healthy, they say.

Many analysts agree that barring an unexpected shock, OPEC might just succeed in its effort to stabilize oil prices in the range of $22 to $28 a barrel.

China still has large foreign currency reserves and plenty of room for new government spending to buffer any unexpected shocks, Markus Rodlauer, the I.M.F.'s China mission chief, said in an interview.

He said the company would do so as aggressively as possible while maintaining enough cash to weather any "unexpected shocks".

Thomas Cook still has cash in the bank, she said, but wants to be prepared for any unexpected shocks over Christmas.

"If you can't figure out what price a stock is at because there are multiple high-frequency traders using ETFs to trade in and out," then when a sudden, unexpected shock occurs in the market, "no one is going to know what caused it," said Joseph Saluzzi, co-founder of Themis Trading, a Chatham, New Jersey brokerage.

There's a solid 40 minutes of this time-killing (with one unexpected shock), in an effort to generate suspense.