Sentence examples for shocking act from inspiring English sources

Anywhere else, covering up that profession of the Muslim faith would be a shocking act.

The European parliament called the sentence a "cruel and shocking act".

It is to Nicholas a shocking act of violence, a terrible omen of what is to come.

The most shocking act in the last 23 years for the Japanese was President Johnson's admittance that the USA had been defeated in Vietnam.

The US condemned the killing as a "shocking act of violence" and an assault on the country's "proud tradition" of free speech.

This shocking act of disloyalty from our home-grown 'chosen one' sends the exact opposite lesson of what we would want our children to learn.

If Gesualdo had not committed such shocking acts, we might not pay such close attention to his music.

They face Mr. Schwarzkogler's shocking acts of self-mutilation with razor blades, chronicled in black-and-white photographs.

These religions have some ethical elements, but their mythology portrays the deities as indulging in all sorts of shocking acts.

He also commits two shocking acts of violence one against himself, the other against someone he loves.

There are allegations of abuse perpetrated by guards and local Nauruans, and shocking acts of self-harm.