culture shock
Example Sentences
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"It was a culture shock for me, I have to say, somebody who had won what he'd won and achieved what he had achieved in the game," Anderson said.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Tristan Fender admits it was a "culture shock" when he moved to the city from Germany last year.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
This culture shock played out a different way with the students Tran taught English to in Vietnam.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2025
It was the biggest culture shock of my life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Another malady suffered by the Berkeley transplants was severe culture shock.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
