Sentence examples for shocking action from inspiring English sources

This was a shocking action on Nijinsky's part.

Conteh took the drastic and shocking action because of a long-running dispute over the money available in a TV deal that he had agreed.

Rangers substitute Bilel "Billy" Mohsni was at the centre of some shocking action when the whistle blew on Motherwell's 3-0 win.

Marilynne Robinson's new novel, "Lila" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), opens in about 1920, and it begins with a shocking action: a woman steals a child.

Similarly, his own shocking action with Helen's baby demands the return of his estranged son, Callum, from England in a modulated repetition that is typical of the book's method.

3.20pm GMT Professor Simon Holdaway, an expert in race relations within the police based at Nottingham Trent University - and who was involved in the original Lawrence Inquiry – said the public inquiry announced today should have a wide ranging remit: Today's statement from the home secretary has revealed shocking action by the police.

Britain condemned the "horrific and shocking actions carried out by the Assad regime against its own civilian population".

I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days.

He also launches an impassioned attack on the "shocking" actions of the coalition government on tuition fees, the economy and range of other subjects.

Revered Tantric masters such as Nāropa, Kukkurīpa, and Padmasambhava are shown engaging in shocking actions that flagrantly violate the conventions of society and the rules of Buddhist moral discipline.

Ai Weiwei's artwork often makes use of "shocking" actions to provoke people to think in a different way.