Sentence examples for perpetually shocked from inspiring English sources
They're night-and-day different: Maggie "dressed so don't-give-a-damn" in a "ratty skirt" and "stretch-necked T-shirt"; Whaley so prim and so perpetually shocked by the high cost of groceries in the city that she sits on the steps of the abandoned church, reading the price circulars aloud.
All the while, our leaders and law enforcement officers of dubious integrity are perpetually shocked to find that gambling (or fill-in-the-blank) is going on here.
Yet Sontag has no more use for the pure of heart and perpetually incredulous who are always shocked by the wounds of the world, by evidence of "hands-on" cruelty and proof "that depravity exists".
At 6 feet, with a perpetually unkempt shock of curly blond (later silver-gray) hair, Mr. Prey was a compelling figure on stage.
We were shocked – shocked!
Some have been shocked — shocked!
It can be a tough read if you're not familiar with hedging, selling short, demand shock, perpetually selling long on wheat futures, or any of the weird, made-up bullshit that constitutes finance, but the story should be a wakeup call for those of us who take cheap food for granted, aka probably 99.999999% of us.
"They are perpetually exploring new depths of depravity in their efforts to shock".
Shocking, positively shocking.
