Sentence examples similar to rhetorical shock from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Dellinger's — delivered in plain language, without any rhetorical flourishes — is pure shock and awe.

Most of them were dismayed by what the Republican Party had become under Tom DeLay and seemed put off by the shock-jock rhetorical style of Ann Coulter.

Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya, the self-coached 30-year-old who shocked the running world to start the season in Boston, made the question rhetorical on Sunday.

Safety aspects associated with automatic mode have been considered and critically discussed, but the question of whether it is better not to administer an advised shock in the case of proven ventricular fibrillation or to have a shock delivered automatically with a delay is rhetorical.

In a Nov. 21 speech, Ben S. Bernanke, a Federal Reserve Board governor, tried rhetorical shock therapy.

(Again, rhetorical).

Okay, enough rhetorical questions.

Has many rhetorical uses.

The question was rhetorical.

4. "Rhetorical flourish".

Rhetorical questions, I recognize.