Sentence examples for professed shock from inspiring English sources

But the police professed shock.

Scullion professed shock at what he saw.

Those interviewed here in Chechnya professed shock and horror.

Headline writers around the blogosphere professed shock: "Southwest: Not the Low-Fare Leader You Thought," wrote one.

The middle-class families in the housing complex where the 13-year-old girl worked, in the suburb of Dwarka, professed shock over her treatment.

Some Obama supporters professed shock when, recently, he abandoned a pledge to stay within the public campaign-finance system if the presumptive Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, agreed to do the same.

When foreigners visit India, they profess shock at our poverty.

Injured fans are filing lawsuits, and criminal charges could follow against both players and fans.Americans everywhere profess shock.

For a government newly alive to evidence of this "mob mentality", professing shock at police corruption isn't enough.

When that happens, the letter-carrier unions will fight, and a few politicians will profess shock and indignation.

By mid-1954 criticism of the government was widespread, and the armed forces, professing shock over scandals within the regime, joined in the call for Vargas's withdrawal.