shocking

Example Sentences

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What’s shocking about Raman’s flop is that she should know how important it is to project well to a television audience, given that her husband is a screenwriter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Callais no less shocking and appalling for having been anticipated.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

That’s the view of Ord Minnett after a March quarter it describes as shocking.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, discuss the shocking earnings report and the reasons to doubt it as a sign of future growth, including the internet’s ever-evolving information economy.

From Slate • May 2, 2026

It may be, too, that he wanted to show in the most startling and shocking way possible how easy it was to deceive the awful, venerated, humbly adored divinities.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton