SHOCKING in a Sentence
Learn SHOCKING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
301 example sentences for SHOCKING, such as:
1. His attitude was shocking to her.
2. The anger in his face was shocking.
3. He is receiving treatment for shock.
4. There everything was in shocking disorder.
5. Don't touch that wire or you'll get a shock.
2. The anger in his face was shocking.
3. He is receiving treatment for shock.
4. There everything was in shocking disorder.
5. Don't touch that wire or you'll get a shock.
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Meanings and Examples of SHOCKING
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shocking
a. glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
a. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Everyone edged forward, in anticipation, trying to imagine what the sedate doctor could propose that would be shocking.
2 Her sharp trading was shocking, especially when her poor mother had been a Robillard, and it was positively indecent the way she kept on going about the streets when everyone knew she was pregnant.
3 First, it proved indubitably that she and her husband occupied separate rooms, in itself a shocking enough state of affairs.
4 It is shocking that he has never been made to realize his duties as a citizen.
5 Her only innovation was painting the pine table a black and orange rather shocking to the Thanatopsis.
6 That, in itself, was shocking; a married man was not expected to do such things.
7 There everything was in shocking disorder.
8 Yulka showed me the baby and told me that Antonia was shocking wheat on the southwest quarter.
9 No, no; this was bad, and shocking, and had a sort of unhuman sound; but when you once hear the war-whoop, you will never mistake it for anything else.
10 Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart.
11 Facts too shocking to be contemplated occasionally force their way to the public ear, and the comment that one often hears made on them is more shocking than the thing itself.
12 "Now I'm being naughty and shocking your aunt," she said.
13 Atone, by repentance and better conduct, for the shocking action you have committed, and the dreadful consequences to which it has led.
14 I'm sure the way she makes out that Mr Mellors was one of those low, beastly men with women, is simply shocking.
15 That our estimable game-keeper should have about him a touch of Rabelais seems to make him more monstrous and shocking than a murderer like Crippen.
Example Sentence: (91 in 7 pages)
1 He gave a very vivid and often shocking account/description of his time in prison.
2 It was an act of violence that she found alien and shocking.
3 His attitude was shocking to her.
4 What she did was so shocking that I can hardly describe it.
5 The anger in his face was shocking.
6 It is shocking that they involved children in the crime.
7 Through it all, he tries to cling to a trembling grip on reality, as love and pain coalesce into a shocking.
8 The dissolute life led by the ancient Romans is indeed shocking.
9 The Board of Control for Cricket in India has taken the unusual step of issuing a statement describing the punishments as shocking and inconsistent.
10 New technologies offer lower margins than internet services, making it more important for startups to husband their cash; all this is before considering the nastier features of Bay Area: from clogged traffic to shocking inequality.
11 Severe shock can bring on an attack of acne.
12 I got a shock when the salesgirl punched up the total of my shopping.
13 If you touch an electric wire, you ll get a shock.
14 Don't touch that wire or you'll get a shock.
15 He is receiving treatment for shock.