shocking

Example Sentences

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Part of me wanted to tell him that the scroll was mine, and how shocking it had been to see his submission come in.

From Literature

Chief Constable Mark Hobrough called the messages "vile" and "shocking" and said the former officers "brought shame" on the force.

From BBC

The attacks began on Saturday morning with the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shocking supporters and opponents.

From BBC

While Summers’ behavior and the reported dynamics between him and a woman he mentored may appear shocking, they are all too common in economics.

From Salon

“Her words are shocking to modern readers,” Ms. DuBois writes in this fine and necessary account of “a revolutionary life,” as the book’s subtitle has it.

From The Wall Street Journal