Sentence examples for shocking actions from inspiring English sources

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.

For more on the shocking actions of the Obama administration in blocking access to affordable medicines in developing countries, see this open letter to those who collectively produced the May 23 , 2012statement to the WIPO SCP on the topics of patents and health.

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.