shocking
Example Sentences
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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
Then Pa did something else shocking: He offered her a ride in the pickup.
From Literature
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary held a misconduct hearing last month and the panel found the case "shocking" and said the public would be "rightly appalled".
From BBC
Skills that took them a lifetime to develop can be completed with relative ease, speeding up the process of coding to a shocking degree.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
