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This rude awakening came from underestimating the non-designer's understanding of design principals.
Just when you think you ken everything there is to ken about living in Scotland, you get a rude awakening.
But anyone expecting softcore liberal humanism is bound to get a rude awakening.
Senior staff, classroom teachers, governors and parents have all had a rude awakening since James' arrival, me included.
I am getting a rude awakening to the Conference League and some of the frightening decisions that are made in it.
A three-year courtship enabled them to paint realistic portraits of one another, lessening the chances of a rude awakening after marriage.
It's a jolt, a rude awakening, trying to exist without light or water in the home when they are taken away suddenly.
The sharp downturn in the US economy has brought a rude awakening to many in the IT sector.
But the dream, like all others, became harsh reality with a rude awakening.
For the intellectuals and the urban lower middle class, the new situation was a rude awakening of disillusionment and broken promises.
Delude ourselves into that kind of thinking however and a rude awakening will await us.
But after their stay in that sun-kissed paradise they got a rude awakening on heading out into the Atlantic, which was to prove stormy and rough.
After a summer of doing just about anything on your own time, the alarm bell announcing the first day of school can be a rude awakening.
But we were in for a rude awakening when a savage thunder and lightning storm struck right over the stadium during the match.
Should my credit card ever be compromised, though, the thief would be in for a rude awakening as my credit limit is pretty low.
This was a rude awakening to many, because that was certainly not the traditional function of a journalist.
This is a sample of what I have received, it is in a way a rude awakening to me of the attitudes that some people in the West hold.
He also had dripped cold water into our ears as we slept causing a rude awakening.
He adds that primary one, with its desks and pencils, can come as a rude awakening to children used to playing with sand, water and paint.
But sometimes it can be a rude awakening for students who think of spirituality as a palliative, a pill, or a magic healer of emotional ills.
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Examples from Classical Literature
If such, however, had been the intention, it was destined to a rude awakening.
So you see, I too had a rude awakening, and found that it was not love, but a mere sham.
But if he thought that was the end of the tongue-lashings, he could be in for a rude awakening.
But their rude awakening, early as it was, came all too late.
But they had a rude awakening, particularly in the case of Billy.
Youll have a rude awakening, my friend, if youre building any hopes on me.
In the second half of the season I had a rude awakening with different problems and different things to consider.
Certainly, Reds fans expecting another 4-1 or 6-1 may be in for a bit of a rude awakening.
I was in a sort of dream, and I felt there must be a rude awakening soon.
We did okay against Blackburn and were very good at Watford, and people were saying some nice things about us, but this defeat was a rude awakening for us.
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