Sentence examples for sent a shockwave from inspiring English sources

With those words, Sarah Michelle Gellar sent a shockwave through a generation of schoolboys.

The improbable win sent a shockwave through Canadian politics and gave a shot in the arm to their federal counterparts.

Then the bankruptcy filing of American Home Mortgage in early August sent a shockwave through the commercial paper market.

Somehow, though, seeing the percentage in print has still sent a shockwave through the arts community, no more so than through the British Film Institute.

The occasionally-outspoken actor has sent a shockwave through the sleepy political establishment of his native New Mexico amid reports that he's considering a run for the Governor's job when the position becomes vacant in 2010.

US law enforcement officials said today that they had effectively solved a series of deadly 2001 anthrax attacks that sent a shockwave of fear through the country in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

António Horta-Osório, who took over as chief executive from Daniels on 1 March last year, ordered the provision immediately – sending a shockwave through the industry.

At the end of today we are going to have a fair tally and it sends a shockwave through the establishment".

The comments will send a shockwave through Whitehall because they come just weeks after the German utilities RWE and E.ON said they would not proceed with plans to build new nuclear plants at Wylfa in Wales and Oldbury in Gloucestershire.

But then his spacecraft, designed like a DNA helical corkscrew and spinning doggedly through the cosmos, runs into a meteor shower and takes a huge whack, sending a shockwave through the ship and accidentally jerking one of the pods open – Jim's.

That could sting Google but it's unlikely as it would send a shockwave through Facebook's developer ecosystem.