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
Was there not in this a sentimental reason strong enough to give a shock to the principle of population?
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
The Minister for Foreign Affairs replied that in view of our successes he had confidence in our strength, and believed we could give a shock to Austria.
From Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle by Durham, M. E. (Mary Edith)
But notwithstanding this warning, not long afterwards, in endeavoring to give a shock to a paralytic patient, he received the whole charge himself, and was knocked flat and senseless on the floor.
From Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
