Sentence examples for sparked shock from inspiring English sources

The suspected murder of a homeless man found dead in a burning tent has sparked shock and anger on the streets of Manchester, a city which has seen huge increase in rough sleepers.

Although the plight of France's estimated 20,000 Roma, at least half of whom are believed to live in Seine-Saint-Denis, elicits little public sympathy, the attack sparked shock and outrage.

Fusilier Rigby's murder sparked shock across the country after he was mowed down with a car and then hacked to death by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in Woolwich, south-east London, on 22 May last year.

The activist from Spokane has sparked shock and surprise, and triggered a national debate after parents last week said she was white, even though she had spent more than a decade presenting herself as an black woman and an expert on African American culture.

Perhaps not by coincidence, Obama met last week with six-year-old Alex, who wrote to the president offering his home to a Syrian refugee child after an image of the child sitting bloodied and dazed in an ambulance sparked shock and outrage.

His arrest sparked shock and disbelief in France — where he was nicknamed the Great Seducer — but also triggered angst and soul-searching over the French media's apparently reluctance to address claims of harassment against politicians, celebrities and other high-profile figures.

One newspaper headline scoffed, "Jackson-Presley Union Sparks Shock, Doubt, Laughs".

Though such a move could help it avoid a Japan-like "lost decade," politicians will become highly unpopular if they spend taxpayers' money on recapitalizing banks, or spark a shock to the market.

Thrilling experiments became forms of polite entertainment for ladies and gentlemen who enjoyed feeling sparks, shocks and attractions on their bodies.

That crime sparked the expected shock and outrage and even led -- along with the later death of Matthew Shepherd, who was bludgeoned to death in October 1998 for the horrific crime of being gay in Wyoming -- to the Hate Crimes Prevention Act signed by President Obama in October.

The report said "monetary and fiscal policy options remain available" if the Brexit vote sparked further economic shocks.