How to Use a shock to the/someone's system in a Sentence
a shock to the/someone's system
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For the Celtics, Green’s approach appeared to be a shock to the system.
—Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2022
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Does the schedule feel like a shock to the system compared to your off-days?
—Talib Visram, Men's Health, 30 Jan. 2023
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Needless to say, the bone-chilling weather was a shock to the system.
—Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2022
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After years of straining the same muscles in the same show every day, the new tasks were a shock to the system.
—Meg Bernhard, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2022
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But when Netflix lost 1.3 million subscribers, that was a shock to the system.
—Vulture, 2 May 2023
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Still, this was a shock to the system that reverberates in a state that follows the Huskies’ every trend.
—Dom Amore, courant.com, 22 Nov. 2021
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The Black Panther star's death on Friday after a silent four-year battle with colon cancer is still a shock to the system.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2020
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None of them limited their output to hoodies and tees, yet all the appointments were framed first as a shock to the system, then as a trend.
—New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022
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And in Chelsea’s case at least, the latest expensive summer didn’t exactly come as a shock to the system.
—Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
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The return to office has been a shock to the system for employees everywhere.
—Washington Post, 9 May 2022
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After more than a year of masks and social distancing, the idea of overnight returning to mostly normal was a shock to the system.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 16 June 2021
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Alabamians will be waking up to temperatures from the low 30s to the 50s this morning, which could be quite a shock to the system after the past few balmy days.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 7 Dec. 2021
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With streaming transforming into something new, consumers are in for a shock to the system.
—Frank Pallotta, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022
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After more than two years of soft pants, Zoom meetings, and virtual one-on-ones, returning to the office may be somewhat of a shock to the system.
—Kells McPhillips, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2022
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Even as the mid-summer temperatures reach into the 90s, the water in the Willamette or Columbia rivers doesn’t quite reach 70 degrees, and that can be a shock to the system, Whalen said.
—oregonlive, 21 July 2021
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The challenge is that baseball is a very traditional sport that's been around for more than century, so any change — even a slight one — can be a shock to the system for fans.
—Frank Pallotta, CNN, 23 Sep. 2022
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While this week's cold may seem like a shock to the system, due to warming global temperatures the first frost and freeze of the season is happening later through time.
—NBC News, 4 Nov. 2021
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So entering Sofia, with its clogged streets and faded Socialist-era apartment buildings, was a shock to the system.
—Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2022
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Although speculation about the cuts had swirled for months, the layoffs were nonetheless a shock to the system for some employees.
—Morwenna Coniam, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2023
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But the environment at Texas Tech may be a bit too much of a shock to the system after starting the season in such a friendly environment.
—USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2022
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For those of us taught the economics of the last 50 years, which focuses on short-term shareholder-value maximization, a new twist has been a shock to the system.
—Sarah Keohane Williamson, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2022
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Landing Disney is a shock to the system and a consistent reminder to continue to dream bigger and bigger.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2022
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But the presence of Zappe out there delivered a shock to the system, and left the Chicago defense momentarily reeling.
—Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2022
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The pandemic proved a shock to the system for many federal agencies and ignited process improvements overnight.
—Roslyn Layton, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
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Hosting Memphis on Wednesday night after a light non-conference schedule could be a shock to the system for the young Tulane men’s basketball team.
—G Smith, NOLA.com, 15 Dec. 2020
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Editor’s picks Joining Fleetwood Mac at 26 would have been a shock to the system of most singers, but Bramlett had been living in close proximity to rock stars her entire life.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2023
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The omicron variant was a shock to the system and its speed broadsided just about everyone, airlines included, experts said.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 5 Jan. 2022
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SolarWinds is both a shock to the system and a blunt reminder of this, so have no illusions that your software is invulnerable and can’t be compromised in a heartbeat.
—Adam Stern, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
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Not unlike the thousands of Floridians who have lost jobs during the pandemic, for some of the call agents at Lighthouse Works, suddenly being unemployed was a shock to the system that threatened to upend their very lives.
—Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Oct. 2021
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