Sentence examples for shocking trend from inspiring English sources

"The confluence of crises wrought by violent extremism has revealed a shocking trend of sexual violence employed as a tactic of terror by radical groups," the UN chief said.

Kakil was one of many international artists to have been refused entry to the UK over the last year as part of a shocking trend recently addressed on this blog by Lyn Gardner.

(In other shocking trend news, people are wearing watches and college students like trendy dress).

"Chillingly reminiscent of scenes of kids playing soldier, it represents a shocking, worldwide trend: more than 250,000 children under 18 are combatants in current conflicts, an unprecedented number," said the Children in Need organization.

As Mr. Putin has pointed out in two of his four state of the union messages, Russia faces shocking demographic trends.

The trend, though shocking,is not new.

The most shocking aspect of the trend, experts say, is the experience level of the people who most often commit these networking faux pas: they are not scrappy, young executives, but senior-level ones who should know better.

But, as Jimmy Doherty reported in the excellent Food Prices: The Shocking Truth (Channel 4), the trend is reversing; we're spending more on basic foodstuffs even as we have less real income.

Whereas at one time, such types of personal slams, untoward remarks or intimate criticism remained the bread and butter of tabloids, soap operas and the occasional, shocking tell-all memoir, this trend has evolved into a wide-spread industry.

Shocking moment to shocking moment.

But the fact that a local authority a body which has a duty to protect its most vulnerable residents—is criminalizing homelessness, marks a shocking escalation of an already disturbing trend.