give a shock
Example Sentences
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It checks the heart rhythm and will only tell you to give a shock if it is needed.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2022
“They wanted to give a shock message today to show to everybody that they are serious about price stability.”
From BusinessWeek • Mar. 3, 2011
Such an unsuspected lurking of primitive belief in our midst may well give a shock of surprise.
From Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Darwin, Francis, Sir
I have selected that expression advisedly, in order to give a shock to the reader.
From Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life by Lee, Vernon
Perhaps he thought the time had come to give a shock to our too confident views concerning evolution.
From A Critique of the Theory of Evolution by Morgan, Thomas Hunt
