Sentences with phrase «unpleasant shock»

So with the modest - at - best global recovery after the still front - of - mind global financial crisis trauma from 2008 - 2009, markets are understandably preoccupied with the scope for unpleasant shocks, particularly given that expansion in the developed economies is now approaching a seventh year.

Upon arriving at his new institution, however, Owen had a very unpleasant shock.

These usually carry only 25 000 volts but inflict a very unpleasant shock.

Snead's abrupt withdrawal came as an unpleasant shock.

When water that we assume to be warm or lukewarm turns out to be cold, it can be an unpleasant shock to our system.

The formal term for the unpleasant shock that jolts me awake is acoustic startle response.

The scientists found that after only one training session, the tone itself was enough to make the rats freeze with fear; they remembered and anticipated the unpleasant shocks.

The effect, as Grove described it to Faraday, was startling: «with 60 of these alternations I get an unpleasant shock and decompose not only iodide of potassium but water so plainly that a continuous stream of thin bubbles ascends from each electrode».

You'll still feel an unpleasant shock if you encounter a big pothole, but the Porsche glides over most road surfaces.

I am not a fan of the invisible fences where the dog has to wear a collar that delivers an unpleasant shock if he ventures out of bounds.