Sentence examples for authentically shocking from inspiring English sources

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In addition to gore, suspense and heartbreak — including the authentically shocking murder of Dexter's wife at the end of Season 4 — "Dexter" was also marked by its easygoing, sunny vibe and its undercurrent of jabbing workplace humor.

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Shocking, positively shocking.

Shocking, simply shocking.

Shocking; just shocking.

Also, that satirical parody can be impossible to distinguish from the authentically earnest; I'm still shocked that the poignant "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye," which I grew up singing as a protest against war, began as an English music-hall sendup of the Irish.

Blunt enough to shock – and in many cases, still feel authentically subversive – but without any worries of nasty boycotts or protracted Twitter wars leaving millions of lost followers in their bloody wake," she wrote (this was, of course before Dunham and Noah both found themselves in the midst of one such protracted Twitter war).

We were shocked – shocked!

I'm shocked, shocked.

I'm shocked — shocked!

Some have been shocked — shocked!

Robert Christgau gave the album an honorable mention, citing the album's introduction and the songs "Earth People" and "Wild and Crazy" as highlights, and writing simply "the shock horror! the shock horror! the perhaps authentically crazy!" NME magazine described the album as "...nineteen strong doses of pure, undiluted hip-hop".

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