Sentence examples for shock of hearing from inspiring English sources

It is the shock of hearing.

"I will never forget the shock of hearing that number".

The News & Observer in Raleigh likened the experience to the shock of hearing a doctor diagnose a terrible illness.

Einstein is the five-hour-long grand opera of minimalism, and I can still remember the shock of hearing a recording for the first time.

Late in "Terrain," the violin soloist suddenly dwells in the tessitura of the D string, and the shock of hearing the instrument in its temperate range is revelatory.

Hence the shock of hearing Mike Skinner for the first time, with his unique Brum-accented style, his surfeit of dry wit and his startlingly keen eye for the foibles of British youth culture.

The shock, then, of hearing someone say "Fuck Tha Police" was profound: hardly subtle, but then injustice itself rarely is.

So it was something of a shock to hear of the existence of an alleged sweatshop on the 10th floor of an otherwise ordinary taxpayer building on West 39th Street in Manhattan.

The shock and irony of hearing their blatant classism when I had just been out there left me speechless.

Being crowned was a sweet finish to a wonderful high school experience, said Burbank queen Melanie Bartemian, 17. "I was in shock," Melanie said of hearing her name announced.

Even if you objected to much of Ms. Bausch's work — I did — it was a shock to hear of her death on Tuesday at 68.