Sentence examples for brought a shock from inspiring English sources

It brought a shock to college basketball.

Unsurprisingly, some Tim Ferriss acolytes found that sticking to his information crash diet brought a shock to the system.

The first move, parting with his coach, Clyde Hart, brought a shock to track and field circles in January.

They brought a shock of subversion to the genre — defying the notion that children's books shouldn't be scary, silly or sophisticated.

The commercialization of the strain gauge brought a shock for Mr. Ruge -- he soon discovered that Edward E. Simmons, a professor at the California Institute of Technology, had pieced together the same invention in 1936.

The sight of the river brings a shock of tears.

Indeed, it probably deserves to.There is certainly a Brussels consensus: the phrase brings a shock of recognition.

Shortly after his inauguration in January, new mayor Eduardo Paes promised voters that he would bring a "shock of urban order" to the city.

With his intense physicality Mr. Belmondo, another star of the French New Wave, brings a shock of the carnal to every encounter.

Though there are other venues for contemporary art in the Mexican capital, the Jumex, with its high-profile location and deep-pocketed patron, is likely to do more than any other to bring a shock of the new to a city largely defined by its vast troves of pre-Columbian, colonial and 20th century masterworks.

And last weekend brought a new shock: Pim Fortuyn, the leader of a far-right party that still has a chance of holding the ring after next week's general election in the Netherlands, was shot dead.