Sentence examples for shocking reminder from inspiring English sources
And of course the overriding system of subjugating women endures – a shocking reminder of that came a week ago, as two of Saudi's prominent women's right activists, Wajeha al-Huwaider and Fawzia al-Ayouni, were sentenced to 10 months in prison and a two-year travel ban, for "kidnapping" a Canadian woman (who was trying to flee an abusive marriage and reach the Canadian embassy in Riyadh).
The boys, whose bath-time squabbles had failed to impress an electorate, were a weirdly shocking reminder that the figures we all but crucify on a daily basis are real people, with real feelings and real hearts.
These fates are a shocking reminder of a global problem caused by global warming.
This would probably not work on a national basis, but the ban was a shocking reminder of what is possible.
In another sense, it was a shocking reminder that all of us, regardless of station, arrive at the same destination eventually.
Campbell Robb, chief executive of Shelter, said: "These figures are a shocking reminder of the divide between the housing haves and have nots in this country.
"Despite the giant leaps forward in attitudes toward, and tolerance of, homosexuality, we have all been profoundly shocked by the stark reminder that homophobia is still prevalent, and continues to claim its innocent victims," it added.
The four-phase string of elections that started in mid-April and ended on Sunday provided a spasm of salutary shocks and reminders.
Mice underwent fear conditioning on Day 1, extinction training on Day 2, testing on Day 3, and exposed to the chamber B with or without reminder shock on Day 4 (reminder shock group and no shock group, respectively).
When we gave the reminder shock to naive mice, the reminder shock alone did not induce high fear responses (6.0 ± 2.1%, n = 5), indicating that the reminder shock-induced increase in freezing was derived from the original conditioned fear, not from new learning.
However, if a mouse is given a reminder shock after extinction has occurred, the original association between the cage and the shock is re-established.
