Sentence examples for shocking touch from inspiring English sources

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"Course, he'd have to be somebody, Aggs, cos they don't give 'em to nobody" — the boy felt the shocking touch of a hand on his own flesh.

Brought to trial before the king still begrimed and bloodied, in the undergarments in which she has just given birth — a shocking touch — Ms. Hunter's Hermione contests her unjust treatment with an anguished righteousness that moves us with its power.

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Some of it was to place events in a linear order (he does jump about a bit – and perhaps a digression about LSD that suddenly leaps back 20 years isn't entirely necessary) but mainly it was to record things I found interesting, shocking, touching or just odd.

The must see British film of the year," and the London Evening Standard said was, "Stunning, shocking, touching and deeply moving".

It has been described as "heartwarming, engaging and darkly amusing" and "the must see British film of the year" by the Guardian, and "stunning, shocking, touching and deeply moving" by the London Evening Standard, and "the best film in all history" by me.

She added: "This news goes beyond shocking and touches the realms of the disgusting".

"The news goes beyond shocking and touches on the realms of the disgusting," said Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, discussing the Poetry Book Society's cuts.

It's some of his best material – dark and shocking, but also touching and very human at the same time.

Writer-director Deniz Gamze Ergüven and her co-writer, Alice Winocour, approach the material with a light touch – the most shocking scenes always take place off-camera – and enough humour to deflate the anger that builds on the girls' behalf.

While I agree that Silicon Valley is changing in ways that are concerning (I'm particularly worried that people can no longer speak freely here), Moritz's disdain for U.S. tech workers is not only shocking but impossibly out of touch.

Shocking moment to shocking moment.

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