shocking

Example Sentences

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If “The Moment” had more time to gestate, it would likely be a much sharper and shocking satire.

From Salon

The crash in her first race brought a shocking end to Vonn’s return to competition on an ACL that she had completely ruptured in a pre-Olympic event just 10 days earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal

When police told Grabham his wife was the body in the suitcase, his reaction – answering no comment to any questions and showing no emotion at all to the shocking news - raised suspicions.

From BBC

Jeff King was recovering from an unexpected procedure to fix his irregular heart rhythm when he received shocking news.

From BBC

Four years after shocking the sport by retiring as a teenage phenom, the Oakland native could win two gold medals at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times