Sentence examples similar to somewhat less shocking from inspiring English sources

I think, oddly enough, since Kazin said those words that divorce, along with the sight of female breasts, has become somewhat less surprising and shocking.

Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Hamas and the rest have somewhat less ambitious goals of conquest, but each uses shocking, deadly acts to build their brand as ruthless fighters to whom resistance is allegedly futile.

Soon, of course, we all became somewhat inured to Bush's garbled sentences and fuzzy ideas; they became less shocking over time, though no less offensive.

But only somewhat less.

Perhaps it should have been less shocking.

Survival techniques are no less shocking.

But somewhat less of it.

Others are somewhat less circumspect.

Now, somewhat less.

If somewhat less cheerful.

Innovations in equipment are somewhat less noble.