give a shock
Example Sentences
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It checks the heart rhythm and will only tell you to give a shock if it is needed.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2022
“They wanted to give a shock message today to show to everybody that they are serious about price stability.”
From BusinessWeek • Mar. 3, 2011
Presently I inquired about Aniela's health, with a strange, troubled foreboding I might hear something which, though perfectly natural and in the order of things, would give a shock to my nerves.
From Without Dogma by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
He felt by this time that he was committed to rather a dishonest part; he was pledged not to give a shock to her optimism.
From The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) by James, Henry
Perhaps he thought the time had come to give a shock to our too confident views concerning evolution.
From A Critique of the Theory of Evolution by Morgan, Thomas Hunt
