shell shock

Example Sentences

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Veterans of World War II were instead thought to suffer “shell shock” or “combat fatigue.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Three-year-old Yuna, who has shell shock, arrived at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden on 17 August and stayed inside her enclosure for a week.

From BBC

Yuna, a three-year-old lioness, has shell shock but it is hoped she can now heal at her new home at The Big Cat Sanctuary, in Smarden.

From BBC

It started off as battle fatigue, and then it evolved into shell shock.

From Los Angeles Times

Doctors then discovered he was suffering from shell shock.

From BBC