shocking

Example Sentences

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“I don’t really like to talk about it because it was a very shocking business,” he finally admits.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

And Amie Cunat, the artist, painted it not the traditional white, but in shocking Yves Klein blue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

For the Federal Reserve, the latest data offer some breathing room: It provides evidence that the labor market isn’t collapsing after February’s shocking decline of 133,000 jobs.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

"She made things that would be spectacular and shocking and didn't like the watering down of that."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

It was like seeing the face of a long-lost loved one appear unexpectedly in a crowd, shocking and yet so very familiar, as if the person in question had never been lost at all.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood