Sentence examples for shocking to read from inspiring English sources

It is shocking to read some of the anti-Semitic statements with which he had to contend in the 1890s.

It is shocking to read of people and families being unaware of a terminal diagnosis, or of doctors who don't know how to provide pain relief to someone who is dying.

Ronald Reagan's reputation has been rising for so long, it is no longer shocking to read a respected historian hail him as, after Abraham Lincoln, "one of the two or three truly great presidents in American history".

In this context, it was particularly shocking to read the remarks made by the new US ambassador to Lithuania, Anne E Derse, who in a speech last week at Vilnius University made no mention of the march but asserted that "The United States and Lithuania are partners in the fight against antisemitism and in efforts to address the legacy of the Holocaust".

Wouldn't it, after all, be more shocking to read that a team of independent inspectors had snaked the city's buildings and deemed our dwelling places totally safe, I asked her? Hadn't we forsaken any expectation of environmental safety upon signing our first lead paint waiver?

Miller and Mahin divorced in 1946; what Miller writes about her experience of the Second World War from her home in "the Valley" while Mahin was in the Army and stationed in England reflects political views that are shocking to read.

These are shocking conclusions to read, and shocking words to have to say".

All the more shocking then, to read a review in the same newspaper that suggested that the restaurant had lost its world class status.

The officer let the boys keep the newspaper that the delivery truck brought every morning, with the understanding that Tomer would save her the most shocking parts to read at night.

Of course the officers are innocent until proven guilty so we must make no assumptions about these cases but it is shocking even to read this about officials of the modern British state, which so many were willing to trust with 42-day detention without charge.

The statement added: "Regardless of the context of the conversation, these are shocking sentiments to read from the chairman of a football club addressing a supporter.