Sentence examples for matter of shock from inspiring English sources

BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten has called the size of severance payments made to senior BBC managers a matter of "shock and dismay".

"Of course," he says matter-of-factly, "the electro-shock in prison, that was harmful, because the objective was pain.

"I did the interviews," Chapman said, "and I'm shocked at how matter-of-fact it is".

I am shocked at the matter-of-fact tone of Mr. Williams's article about the use of anti-anxiety medications for flying.

I'm frankly shocked by how matter-of-fact they are about it," said Jim Kainber, the executive director of the Washington Democratic Party.

Unspontaneous and quite rehearsed when we talk, she nevertheless shocks with the matter-of-fact way she tells me about taking her dad to see Martha Marcy May Marlene, a film that most young women would prefer their father never to see for obvious reasons.

We now know it's not just a matter of a short sharp shock.

In 1944, reviewers were shocked by the novel's matter-of-fact sexual content, especially coming from a young woman, but in doing so missed the point.

Yardeni matter-of-factly compares the Y2K problem to the '73-'74 oil shock and he is currently predicting a 40% chance of a global recession because of this problem.

We note that the estimated critical temperatures for many metals are very high which are very difficult to access using traditional techniques of shock compression of matter.

Over a matter of days, he was shocked to observe his condition become life-threatening.