shock treatment
Example Sentences
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Or were they swimming with the normative current in order to maintain careers, families, social standing — or, for that matter, to avoid being sent to asylums for shock treatment?
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
Yet skeptics of Mr. Volcker’s economic shock treatment have pointed out that he partly got lucky.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2023
Oil prices are down around 4% since Wednesday as the shock treatment seemed to take effect.
From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2021
FDA had approved a form of aversive shock treatment in 1979, and the original GED fell under that classification.
From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2016
“It was probably the electric shock treatment I had right before we went out. I should have rescheduled.”
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
