shocking
Example Sentences
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Skills that took them a lifetime to develop can be completed with relative ease, speeding up the process of coding to a shocking degree.
Clippers forward John Collins called the news “shocking.”
From Los Angeles Times
That included, in retrospect, a shocking season-opening defeat to the Raiders, who wound up winning only two more all season.
Sinn Féin councillor Ronan McLaughlin described it as a "shocking assault" on the individuals who were "simply carrying out their jobs on behalf of the people of our city".
From BBC
For the first couple of days, it was shocking, but now it is humbling - people have reached out to say it inspired them to have the conversation with their parents.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.