culture shock
Example Sentences
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She talked about her first night out with her Californian roommate and the culture shock of seeing students wearing shorts to class and their public displays of affection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
It was a huge and, for many Imagineers, unwelcome culture shock.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026
This culture shock played out a different way with the students Tran taught English to in Vietnam.
From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025
When I was 14 years old, I went there for two months to visit relatives and it was a complete culture shock.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025
Even if he were accepted, Jesse might go into culture shock; Middleton High hadn’t prepared him for this.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
