Sentence examples for new or shocking from inspiring English sources

It's rare when clothes work on an emotional level -- it makes you see how very little of the effort that goes into making couture seem new or shocking actually produces a tenth of the shock that Mr. Saint Laurent gets by showing a well-cut jumpsuit, or finishing an outfit with a pair of suede gloves.

Yet the newspaper serialisation failed to deliver anything very new or shocking.

Intimidation and even killings of witnesses are nothing new or shocking in Kosovo, said Avni Zogiani, who leads Cohu, an anti-corruption nongovernmental organization.

The fact that the Beatles used amphetamines to survive their punishing schedule in Hamburg in 1960 isn't new or shocking, although it is amusing to hear that they used to shoplift socks.

Re "What's Love Got to Do With It?" (Op-Ed, Feb. 17), by Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider: The television show "Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?" may involve a marriage without love, but that is nothing new or shocking: marriages have been arranged since time immemorial, and mail-order brides are very much a thing of today.

Indeed, there's nothing new or shocking about a certain breed of better-off student being offered incentives – in the form of cash (usually per result), gigs/ festivals, even, it's rumoured, cars or holidays, to pass important exams or, more commonly, get better grades.

One factor may be the "need to appear 'edgy' and new or even shocking to cut through the media clutter," said Chyng Sun, a clinical associate professor of media studies at New York University.

Actually, displaying flesh-­coloured kickers is neither new nor shocking – Madonna has been working the look for years.

With no new Herman Cain ads or shocking Santorum statements to work with, they've had to do a little flip-flopping of their own in order to talk about Romney in a favorable light.

Invasive options include addition of a new RV pace/sense lead if sensing of VF is the issue, or addition of a new RV shocking lead if the current lead is dysfunctional or in a suboptimal position.

In 1947 Schiaparelli's new colour, "shocking pink," was the sensation of the fashion world.