rude awakening

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noun

an occurrence of being made to face an unpleasant fact

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How to use rude awakening in a sentence

But below the surfaces of many of his films, rude, angry sex simmered; cool, icy blondes were tied up, handcuffed, humiliated.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On Monday night, a major moment in New York history will get a Royal awakening.
The British Royals Reinvade Brooklyn: William and Kate Come Watch Basketball on Historic Battle Site|Justin Jones|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At another press event earlier this year, she was asked a similar question to the “very rude” one.
It’s Time to Stop Hating Katherine Heigl|Kevin Fallon|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a little bit like an awakening, and I just stuck with it.
Ron Perlman's Secret Suicide Attempt|William O’Connor|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Communist-era clerks were famously rude and indifferent, because they had no motive to make people happy.
Why Your Waiter Hates You|Jedediah Purdy|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Duke found no difficulty in awakening the wishes, which were necessary to his scheme, in the mind of young Lorraine.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Smoking, the angry and fuming king protests, had made our manners as rude as those of the fish-wives of Dieppe.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
There appears a rude attempt to picture the mouth cavity and to show those interesting accessories, the teeth.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Many of them however are of rude workmanship and might have been fashioned by some of the tribe unacquainted with pipe-making.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
La saison estoit rude, & les vents le plus souvent contraires.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various