Sentence examples for determination to shock from inspiring English sources

Luis Buñuel began his career as a filmmaker with a Dadaist determination to shock and outrage.

The headteacher naively asks Robert to prepare a "memorial video" for the girls, assuming it will be blandly celebratory stuff, but Robert has much more radical ideas, especially as this drug-dealing roommate has now stolen his girlfriend, which redoubles his angry determination to shock and confront, using the horrific footage of the girls' final moments.

Yes, dated it may be in its depiction of a fallen woman, but it has much to say about Wilde's presumed determination to shock the bourgeoisie.

The remarkably low interest rates of recent years, which fell to a level not seen since the late 1950's, reflected Mr. Greenspan's determination to ward off the shocks to the economy caused by recession, terrorist attacks and the war in Iraq.

People of Manchester talk of their shock and determination to unite together through their grief.

Its chief executive, Paul Waterson, said: "Our organisation is shocked by the executive's determination to bulldoze this piece of legislation through parliament.

It's always a surprise when actors break through in unexpected places, and Mr. Newman's determination to give a performance in "Money" is a real shock.

My initial shock turned into more research and a determination to make each day count.

But my sense of shock has not in any way weakened my sense of determination to fight this matter to a finish in the courts and elsewhere.

It was Stalin's shock at Hitler's invasion in 1941, and his consequent determination to create a defensive cordon, that led to the cold war.

Shock and sadness over the disaster, followed by a collective determination to triumph over adversity, has been superseded either by embarrassment or a near cynical indifference.