Sentence examples for shocking element from inspiring English sources
The most shocking element?
Perhaps the most shocking element pertains to its eroticism, which, though tame by today's standards, is peculiarly, disturbingly degrading.
Today the most shocking element of Strauss's notorious 1905 opera seems not its eroticism and necrophilia but its absence of a philosophical point of view.
Once punters had parted with their money, they were presumably too embarrassed to complain that the most shocking element of the film was the cack-handed direction.
The shocking element of the story is how much harm a fall in personal lending can cause to the British economy, which has already suffered a lopsided expansion since the financial crash.
So child abuse is played for laughs, while the amorous premarital conduct of the lead characters is the shocking element in "Fallen Angels," which dared to question the sexual double standard (and lightly, with humor) when George V was still on the throne.
Jane Basham Labour parliamentary candidate, South Suffolk It is hard to know which is the most shocking of the many shocking elements of Isabella Acevedo's story (G2, 24 July).
Under Queen Victoria the frock coat concealed all such shocking elements as legs, waist, and genitals, which remained concealed until after World War II, when skintight jeans became the means for a renewal of male sexual display.
The gallery's grand scale and high ceilings do make it seem ideal for the shocking elements of Ms Ono's multimedia installation "Das Gift", which toys with themes of aggression and victimhood.
The handling of the Marine's body was among the most shocking elements of reports Tuesday about the treatment of the remains of war dead at the Dover mortuary.
The tentative agreement between the N.B.A.'s players and owners doesn't contain any particularly shocking elements; most of the new rules are natural compromises between the two sides, with the players finally getting some of the system considerations they had previously deemed to be paramount.
