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

Doctors then discovered he was suffering from shell shock.

From BBC

Under the stress of trench warfare, some soldiers seemed to suffer nervous breakdowns, a condition that became known as shell shock.

From Literature