Sentence examples for but shocking from inspiring English sources
"But, shocking to say, it's gone very well".
It's a tiny thing, but shocking for its betrayal of the work's stylistic integrity.
It would be a shock if "Antichrist" had turned out to be anything but shocking.
Comedy on television got very sloppy in recent years because it was nothing but cynicism and shock value jokes which were, once they became commonplace, anything but shocking.
As promised, he delivered a crude monologue - a repeat performance of 2011, when his remarks drew gasps - but shocking people twice with the same shtick is hard to pull off.
My advice, as with hair color or therapy, is to see a professional, who can not only work some alchemy with tweezers or wax but can also instruct on the artistic wielding of pencils and brushes — thereby preventing a stenciled Kabuki-like effect that's striking on the runways but shocking on the street.
But shocked were the city's ladies all the same.
"I'm sitting here happy as pie but shocked.
His resignation saddened many, but shocked few.
"The point is to be shocked, but shocked in a good way," Williams said.
This is disturbing, but hardly shocking.
