Sentence examples for particularly shocking for from inspiring English sources

The language used by Morris was particularly shocking for its racist undertones.

Even so, the ravaging of the ancient city of Palmyra by the militant group Isis earlier this year was particularly shocking for its deliberate targeting of the Syrian city's irreplaceable architectural heritage.

Anatomically, the painting was fanciful and grotesque but not particularly shocking; except for the plethora of sexual organs, it was a strict and sober study of an undernourished middle-aged man.

This may not come as particularly shocking news, given what we know — forgive me for repeating this well-worn New Old Age theme — about overtesting and overtreatment.

For Emenike, the shooting was particularly shocking as it brought back bad memories.

Although it might seem odd, the story isn't particularly shocking; Assad's door has been open to far-right groups for years.

The first advert for Autobahn in the black-and-white NME looks particularly shocking: a bright blue sign from the future, under a feature on country music divorcees.

What makes this case particularly shocking is that Goldman Sachs wasn't planning on leaving Manhattan, its home for 136 years, for a more lucrative retention deal across the river or in the suburbs.

That's not particularly shocking when you consider that activists tuning in to Rick Santelli's Guerilla Media Network for Bundy Ranch updates were also treated to a particularly abhorrent rant on "Jewish extremism" and "Zio-globalism" from former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke.

This followed on from several other critical reports of the standards of care offered to older patients within the NHS, including a particularly shocking investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, 5 which has called for standards of NHS care for older people to be improved, and others which have accused the NHS of 'ageist' practices and attitudes.

This I find particularly shocking, and I say this having been a family lawyer at the coalface for the last 23 years.