Sentence examples for sort of a shock from inspiring English sources

It was sort of a shock to people.

The blow to an already weakened economy is sort of a shock, another spear in a bull that's already been pummeled by the bullfighter.

The couple, who are retired, talked to a reporter in a tourism office in Regent Street, where she said London "is costing us 25 to 30percentt more than last year, and it's sort of a shock".

In a city where the purchase of a Louis Vuitton vanity case spray painted by the formerly radical designer Stephen Sprouse passes for a transgressive act, it's sort of a shock to stumble across the real thing.

In footage of pieces by Lester Horton, Ailey's teacher and mentor, you can find out — it's sort of a shock — how much, move for move, Ailey took from Horton, and also what Carmen de Lavallade, Ailey's friend, partner, and encourager, looked like in her glory days.

Spider-Man has light skin.' That was sort of a shock.

As I lay in bed with a fever, revisiting Mile Marker 46.4 with Google Maps, I felt I was in a strange sort of shock — the shock of something that was supposed to happen, but didn't.

In other words, the grid suffered a violent allergic reaction, a sort of anaphylactic shock.

But once you land, you're likely to delight in a different sort of sticker shock, whether buying tickets to a play or paying for a bottle of delicious South African cabernet.

Quite a bit of this is can be put down to a sort of culture shock; courts have seldom, if ever, been asked to be this open before.

Janev suggests this speed is part of the point, creating facts on the ground before municipalities or locals have the chance to react; a sort of urban shock doctrine (and shock is very much the effect).