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
A stream of water thrown on a heavily charged electric light wire will give a shock and may even kill the fireman holding the nozzle.
From Guide to Hotel Housekeeping by Palmer, Mary E.
The gymotus, or Surinam eel, which attains a length of five or six feet, has an electric organ from head to tail, and can give a shock sufficient to kill a man.
From The Story of Electricity by Munro, John
These have in their medicine-chests the most powerful excitants, which might give a shock even to a man half-dead: they can deafen you, intoxicate you, make you shudder, or bring tears to your eyes.
From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
