Get to know Shock better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like surprise or combat.
Shock in a sentence
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Shock meaning
- A sudden, heavy impact.
- Something so surprising that it is stunning.
Synonyms of Shock
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Using Shock
- The main meaning on this page is: A sudden, heavy impact. | A sudden, heavy impact. | Something so surprising that it is stunning.
- Useful related words include: surprise, appal, appall, reflex.
- Possible Dutch translations are: schok, shock.
- In the example corpus, shock often appears in combinations such as: the shock, in shock, shock and.
Example sentences (20)
The role for economic policy, in that sense, wouldn’t be to solve the supply shock, but to try to prevent that initial supply shock from triggering a demand shock.
Bow shock Infrared image and artist's concept of the bow shock around R Hydrae main The bow shock forms the outermost layer of the magnetosphere; the boundary between the magnetosphere and the ambient medium.
Hilton told Lahmers, “I was in shock, I was in complete shock.
However, some films utilize children to heighten the stakes and shock of the situation, making the movie more about shock value than substance.
Perhaps, at the time, I read her silence as shock because of my familiarity with the game, where she repeatedly expresses shock and discomfort early on at the lengths Joel must go to to keep them alive.
O'Neil concluded with a sense of shock: "It’s a shock.
But I've only learned how to shock the viewers because the writers shock me first.
The early days of their winter move into an old farmhouse with an old furnace and no insulation were a shock to their systems — both physically and financially — but that shock was nothing a few heavy curtains and Norwegian sweaters couldn’t fix.
An unusually good growing season would be a positive supply shock, whereas a drought or cyclone or flood would be a negative supply shock, reducing output but increasing prices.
By pairing the electrical foot shock with optogenetic light stimulation of the acetophenone-sensitive olfactory nerves, the researchers taught the animals to associate the shock with activity of these specific acetophenone-sensitive sensory nerves.
These little Shock-Bots will chase down enemies and detonate doing twice the damage a regular Shock Trap would.
We’re used to seeing shock waves in nuclear explosions, but these arise because the explosion sends a shock (pressure discontinuity) through the air.
A trade shock combined with a sharp market sell-off is much more likely to generate a poor growth outcome than a trade shock alone, in our view.
It was a shock to the economy, but more than that it was a shock to Americans personally.
The Outlaws, who took care of business on day one, defeating the San Francisco Shock, did their best to shock the world and improve on an impressive 6-2 record.
The shock absorber is easier to replace at the rear because the shock absorber and coil springs are apart from each other.
United’s squad have been left in shock by Mourinho’s shock team selection against Sevilla.
Yes, it’s a familiar shock, but it’s still a shock just the same.
A second shock wave, the reverse shock, may propagate back into the ejected matter.
As well as being heated, the target near the impact is accelerated by the shock wave, and it continues moving away from the impact behind the decaying shock wave.
Common combinations with shock
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the shock 36×
- in shock 23×
- shock and 14×
- of shock 14×
- shock to 14×
- shock of 12×
- shock wave 12×
- as shock 7×
- shock when 7×
- her shock 7×