Sentence examples for as a shock when from inspiring English sources

So it came as a shock when she said we'd have to stop talking.

That having been said, it came as a shock when the invitation to Gracie Mansion arrived.

So it came as a shock when Mr. Mubarak said he was not stepping down.

It may come as a shock when their counterparts ungratefully refuse to roll over like canoeists.

But inside the organization, even at the C-suite level, it came as a shock when it finally occurred.

The Japanese had already occupied that area for about five years, so it came as a shock when they started carting off locals.

So it came as a shock when, the next day, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade staged its "thunder run" of tanks through southern Baghdad.

This fact, which came as a shock when discovered by the Pythagoreans, gave rise to the concept and theory of incommensurability.

It comes as a shock when people find out that care is means-tested and not free at the point of need.

Trevor Butterworth, the editor of the two-year-old site, said the decision came as a shock when he heard about it last week.

It's a tender, intimate relationship, and it can thus come as a shock when the wave turns out to be not only insentient but, on occasion, lethal.