Sentence examples for sharp shock for from inspiring English sources

First, the Ecclestone affair was a short, sharp shock for Mr Blair.

Even that carries strong echoes of Willie Whitelaw's similar "short, sharp shock" for young offenders that he introduced 36 years ago.

He said community alternatives to a "short, sharp, shock" for women and their children had better success rates.

A short, sharp shock of a book, it packs great power on to its tiny canvas.

"Animal" is, she says, "a short, sharp shock of a play".

This is a new kind-of jail term for prolific offenders, which, according to their manifesto, will deliver a "short, sharp" spell in custody - a throwback to Willie Whitelaw's "short, sharp shock" of the 1980s.

One beta tester likened it a "short, sharp shock of nostaligia every morning".

The Huffington Posts Laura Prudom also found the episode had honored Gossip Girls past, "For the first time in recent memory, this week's milestone episode of Gossip Girl finally recaptured the confident plotting and razor sharp shocks of its first two seasons".

There was just too much debt in the system to apply a "short, sharp shock" because what works for a country like Argentina does not work for the system as a whole.

If you prefer a short, sharp shock, then MR James is for you, as are LP Hartley, Edith Wharton, EF Benson and Elizabeth Bowen, whose The Demon Lover is one of the most chilling I know, and which improves with familiarity.

And he would not agree with those calling for a "short, sharp shock" to the economy.