Sentence examples for that could shock from inspiring English sources

Balthus agreed, amazingly, but by then he had mostly stopped painting pictures that could shock anyone.

But participants said Chinese officials continued to insist on gradual changes rather than sharp moves that could shock the system.

Callers sometimes use language that could shock a sailor, though John Hampel, a staff member and former sailor himself and one of several charged with logging calls, said he was not offended.

But that same technology has introduced a wild card into a fraught scene that could shock a jury — with the mother screaming and staff responding (or not) to what may look like an emergency — all of which can be edited to misrepresent what actually took place.

FRANKFURT — As Europe turns from its latest short-term fix for Greece to planning a longer-term bailout for the debt-plagued country, the ratings agency Standard & Poor's indicated Monday how difficult it would be to offload some of the cost of rescuing Greece onto creditors without also provoking a default that could shock the global economy.

Those afternoons, like the field itself, had a messy feel, just messy enough that they might inspire a moment of rare honesty from a counselor and a camper, the kind of conversations that could shock a child one step closer to maturity, or give a teenager a flash of insight into what was really going on in the mind of that back-talking 11-year-old.

Have you ever considered a career in journalism?" I was thrilled at the idea that I could shock but also thrilled that I could write.

He told us that after 30 years of working with refugees he expected that nothing could shock him.

So the fact that we could shock people was very satisfying for me.

There is almost nothing that could have shocked me more.

Those fears could lead to a shutdown of all seaports from San Diego to Seattle on July 1, a move that could send shock waves through the nation's already fragile economy.