SHOCKED in a Sentence

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301 example sentences for SHOCKED, such as:
1. Don't pull such a shocked face, Jane.
2. We are devastated, shocked beyond belief.
3. Everyone was shocked by his unseemly conduct.
4. The local community was shocked by the murders.
5. I didn't think you could be so shocked, Scarlett.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SHOCKED
shocked
 n.  (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor
 n.  a sudden jarring impact
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I said it right out to our minister once, and he was shocked at me.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
2  "Susie, you know that's not so," protested Carreen, shocked.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  Both the doctor and his wife looked slightly shocked at her ignorance.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  They took it for granted that she was imbued with their own patriotic fervor and would have been shocked to know how slight an interest in the war she had.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
5  Since the return of her wedding ring, Melanie had felt that Rhett was a gentleman of rare refinement and delicacy and she was shocked at this remark.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  In all her sheltered life she had never seen evil and could scarcely credit its existence, and when gossip whispered things about Rhett and the girl in Charleston she was shocked and unbelieving.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  It shocked her to realize that anyone as absolutely perfect as Ashley could have any thought in common with such a reprobate as Rhett Butler.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  And she knew that this was utterly wrong, knew she should be shocked and infuriated.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  And how shocked everybody had been when she danced at the bazaar.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
10  Don't pull such a shocked face, Jane.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
11  But the thousands of starving animals, left homeless when their masters had been so rudely evacuated, had shocked him almost as much as the cemetery, for Frank loved cats and dogs.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
12  Whenever she spoke her mind everyone seemed to be shocked.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
13  They'll never understand you and they'll be shocked no matter what you do.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
14  I didn't think you could be so shocked, Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
15  The neighbors would have been shocked, aggrieved and indignant, had these brief prayers been all the service over the body of their loved friend, and no one knew this better than Ashley.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
Example Sentence: (91 in 7 pages)
1  He was too shocked to give an account of what had happened.
2  I am shocked by the atrocity of this man's crimes.
3  It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
4  The stunt brought shocked gasps from the audience.
5  He was so shocked that he could hardly bring out a word.
6  We are devastated, shocked beyond belief.
7  She was visibly shocked by the conditions she witnessed in the refugee camp.
8  The local community was shocked by the murders.
9  Everyone was shocked by his unseemly conduct.
10  The Senator's admission that he had lied to Congress shocked many Americans.
11  His friends were shocked to discover how ill he was.
12  I'm not easily shocked,but his deed was too disgusting.
13  He had old-fashioned ideas and was easily shocked.
14  She was taken to hospital, apparently amnesiac and shocked.
15  This latest episode in the fraud scandal has shocked a lot of people.