Sentence examples for shock not only from inspiring English sources

The Brexit vote represents a major negative shock not only to the UK but also to global output.

As most Soviet cartoons had been imitations of Disney, the film came as quite a shock, not only stylistically but also in its contemporary setting.

The relentless collapse in the price of oil over the past few months has come as a big shock not only to the Russian economy, but also to its political system.

The shootings were a shock, not only because they involved two innocent parties, but because they came as Bristol appeared to be making giant strides towards ridding itself of its gun problem.

"What happened here in the last week certainly came as a shock, not only to Georgia but to a lot of others as well," said Peter Semneby, the European Union's special representative for the South Caucasus.

And when they do it will come as a rude shock not only to them, but also to American financial markets that have become accustomed to big inflows of foreign money.

When he heard the answers, Mr. Peters was shocked not only by how much he could lose but also by how quickly he could lose it.

Recently he shocked not only his company but also the dance world by firing his three senior full-time dancers, Holley Farmer, Daniel Squire and Koji Mizuta, officially for "artistic reasons".

Meg Stowe, a 37-year-old teacher traveling with her two daughters, said she was shocked not only by the damage but also by the fact that their flight home to Rhode Island had not been canceled.

"But even this court was shocked, not only by the seeming pervasive scope of misconduct but even more distressingly by the seeming casualness by which such conduct is employed".

I most likely contracted it last month, possibly on a cruise or an airplane, and have been shocked not only by the severity of the illness, but also by how difficult it has been to eradicate from my home.