Sentence examples for sharp shocks from inspiring English sources

Such short, sharp shocks make high-yield bonds look a very bad investment.

And rather than giving you short, sharp shocks, it's a 90-minute exercise in anxiety.

In "Pain", myth opens out of myth, a vertiginous topple heightened by the short sharp shocks of the sentences: "Here, a woman screams /into the face of another.

He is perhaps best known for the Deaton Paradox – that sharp shocks to income do not appear to cause equally large shocks to consumption.

It is also a book full of richness, unexpected enticements, short sharp shocks, and - hidden in the snickets and alleys of its 12 labyrinthine chapters - some breathtaking writing.

Long, luscious songs and cinematic melancholy are their usual preserve; their eighth album see these traded in for short, sharp shocks, metallic percussion, bullet-brusque sound effects, and frequent references to war, hate and death.

"It was a very sharp shock.

My cure was of the short, sharp shock variety.

Going into rehab [in 2009] was a short, sharp shock.

We now know it's not just a matter of a short sharp shock.

This short, sharp shock to Balotelli could be a turning point in his life.