Below you will find example sentences with "shocking incident". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Shocking Incident in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: shocking
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 25.7 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 15 start, 1 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "shocking incident" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 25.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as following the shocking incident, a shocking incident in which, police, fire and down stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with tragic incident, incident occurred and incident response, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with shocking incident
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
All passengers were evacuated from the trains following the shocking incident. (11 words)
It was Caruana’s first night of filming and he remembers a shocking incident. (14 words)
The coast guard also arrived at the docks to provide assistance following the shocking incident. (15 words)
She immediately alerted the cabin crew about the shocking incident but to her surprise, the cabin crew didn't take any strict action instead they sprayed disinfectant on her seat and belongings, also provided her a set of pyjamas and footwear. (41 words)
In a shocking incident, a 20-year-old girl identified as Shetpalli Alekhya was brutally stabbed to death with an axe in broad daylight by a young man named Srikanth at Shivajinagar in Karnataka’s Khanapur on Thursday. (38 words)
In a shocking incident that took place in Nsanje, Malawi, four elderly women from the village of Mayere under the jurisdiction of Traditional Authority Mbenje were brutally attacked by angry relatives of a deceased individual. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
A SHOCKING incident in which fire ripped through a block of flats is not being looked at as suspicious, police have revealed.
A video of the shocking incident has surfaced on the internet showing pilgrims in panic trying to perform CPR on the ones who were knocked down.
In a shocking incident, a man who had offered to help former Citizens Coalition For Change MP Thabitha Khumalo connect a battery to her car turned out to be a thief.
In a shocking incident, a police officer opened fire at Das in Jharsuguda earlier in the day.
In a shocking incident that took place in Nsanje, Malawi, four elderly women from the village of Mayere under the jurisdiction of Traditional Authority Mbenje were brutally attacked by angry relatives of a deceased individual.
It was Caruana’s first night of filming and he remembers a shocking incident.
She immediately alerted the cabin crew about the shocking incident but to her surprise, the cabin crew didn't take any strict action instead they sprayed disinfectant on her seat and belongings, also provided her a set of pyjamas and footwear.
The coast guard also arrived at the docks to provide assistance following the shocking incident.
The shocking incident, in which she was photographed in a compromising position with Sonny by a peeping Tom, stirred up a huge media storm.
The shocking incident left young Ana with bad injuries and ‘too frightened to leave home’ – and she says she wants the dog to be put down.
The shocking incident was detailed in the journal by doctors from the University Hospital Hradec Králové where the autopsy was performed.
This is a shocking incident that has left three people in hospital and we are determined to find the person responsible.
Unaccustomed to collaboration, Felix declines Kitty's offer…but a shocking incident sends his life into a sudden, chaotic tailspin.
All passengers were evacuated from the trains following the shocking incident.
Amaravati, Oct 19: In a shocking incident, a girl was set on fire by her former boyfriend in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district on Saturday after a suspected spat, police said.
He said the shocking incident on Sunday was an example of a serious act of violence that was 'designed to cause terror' and 'people should look very carefully' at the legal definition of terrorism.
Ian Duguid, defending, said father-of-two Fletcher - who had no previous driving convictions - was "remorseful" for what he called a "shocking incident".
In a shocking incident, a 20-year-old girl identified as Shetpalli Alekhya was brutally stabbed to death with an axe in broad daylight by a young man named Srikanth at Shivajinagar in Karnataka’s Khanapur on Thursday.
In a shocking incident that underscores the vulnerabilities faced by individuals in their own homes, a couple in Manipal has fallen victim to a clever scam orchestrated by their domestic worker and an accomplice.
In a shocking incident that unfolded early this morning, the Brownsville Police Department is investigating the theft of an ambulance that was driven across the border into Matamoros, Mexico.