Sentence examples for sad shock from inspiring English sources

The news that the Danish film director Lars von Trier was withdrawing from his planned new production of Wagner's "Ring des Nibelungen" for the 2006 Bayreuth Festival came as a sad shock, for admirers of Mr. von Trier and of this Bavarian Wagner shrine.

Sad, shocking exceptions?

'Others say "horrified", "sad".' 'Shocked, really shocked,' [Milne] repeated.

It's supposed to make you happy, sad, or shock you.

We were sad, even shocked, by this news.

The Sad and Shocking Truth About London's Poverty Exiles.

Bryant responded to violence saying, "It made me sad and shocked me that anyone would think I had anything to do with it, but my conscience is clear.

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Speaking to the Guardian from Tehran, Oscar-winning Iranian film-maker Asghar Farhadi – who had been due to fly to Paris to visit his friend later tonight – said he was "very sad, in total shock".

I started cutting myself with a Stanley knife a sad attempt to shock empathy from him.

The prevalence of bullying and harassment in the workplace is both desperately sad and disturbingly shocking.