Sentence examples for shockingly late from inspiring English sources

I didn't know what a director was or anything like that until really quite shockingly late.

Don't tip" to Nick's "With my heart and soul I have tipped" – and we saw that he didn't give up being undercover until shockingly late, after his firstborn Clemency (points for subtlety) had arrived.

There is little denying that in the traditional sense, Wilder is a superior athlete, but Wilder began in boxing at the shockingly late age of 20.

In Wyndham's books the ominous takes many intriguing forms, from grotesque social orders to telepathy and man-made monsters; these variable demons are met with a likable, forthright narrative sensibility — friendly, upper-crust British rationalism suddenly faced with an insidious other, primeval, beastly and shockingly late for tea.

The latest shockingly low growth figures for the euro zone in the second quarter may partly reflect fiscal austerity, but they also suggest that it will be harder than ever for troubled economies to grow out of their debt burdens.It is understandable that Mrs Merkel, in particular, should be loth to embrace bold new rescue plans.

South African prosecutors are to appeal against Oscar Pistorius's six-year sentence for murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, describing it as "shockingly lenient", in the latest twist to a legal saga that has attracted worldwide attention.

Just as the media gave Bush a free pass and allowed Afghanistan to fall off the radar screen, it is shockingly silent on this latest outrage.

Shockingly, I was a little late to the party, waiting until the fourth generation iPod (now called the "iPod classic") in 2004 to join the revolution.

"His book is a shockingly beautiful catalogue of his latest accomplishments... Pastry chefs everywhere -- when they see this -- will gape in fear, and awe, and wonder.

Unfortunately, not many at the fest seemed to have figured it out, because he played a rousing late set to a shockingly small audience.

Fifty percent of the funny lady's staff are women -- and shockingly, she's the only person in late-night comedy who can make that claim.