Sentence examples for grave shocks from inspiring English sources

That she sought to control the visual world from beyond the grave shocks no one who knew her.

From that time, grave shocks struck its economy, and these, combined with failure in war, led to another brief experiment in signorial rule; in 1342 a protégé of King Robert, Walter of Brienne, titular duke of Athens, was appointed signore for one year.

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Matt King, a wealthy Honolulu attorney, has had a grave shock: his wife, Joanie, has been injured in a boat-racing accident and now lies in the hospital in a vegetative state.

EVER since the money markets capsized last August, top bankers have criticised Britain's central bank for a tardy and inadequate response to the gravest financial shock since the early 1930s.

My father was shocked, and grave; my grandmother frailer than I remembered.

Two murdered women had been found in 2001 before the mass grave found in November shocked the city out of its complacency.

The fall season was always a vulnerable time for the banking system combined with the roiled stock market, even a small shock could have grave repercussions.

Someone has placed an engraved tribute plaque to his own loved one on Shackleton's grave -- an impertinence that is shocking even beyond the bounds of our urban civilization.

Ms. Goldin's mother appears to have photographed the family as they sat in shock around Barbara's grave.

At times, the grave tones of some of the witnesses jar the viewer into shock (and awe) at the reality of the threat facing these once powerful institutions.