How to Use shock value in a Sentence

shock value

noun

• Don’t leave her in a bind; don’t put shock value on it.
  — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2023
• In so many movies, a cat is run over for laughs or something bad happens to a dog for shock value.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
• And the social impact, of course, goes far beyond the shock value of viral videos.
  — David McKenzie, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
• Granted, there hasn't yet been a kill of the same game-changing shock value as the beheading of Ned Stark.
  — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 3 July 2024
• Despite the initial shock value, the zany act charmed Mandel.
  — USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
• Or did the show just pull back on a compelling dynamic so that the finale had some shock value?
  — Patricia Karounos, refinery29.com, 10 Sep. 2024
• The contests have staying power in part because of their shock value, Bitar said.
  — Elise Hammond, CNN, 29 June 2024
• Whether it's considered a work of art or something for shock value is up for debate.
  — Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2024
• Many people forget that Aguilera was also a part of the kiss, maybe because Spears got the shock value of being first.
  — NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
• While many of its campaigns push boundaries, the intent is never to provoke for shock value alone.
  — Jenny B. Fine, WWD, 16 Aug. 2024
• The line was no mere deep cut, and wasn’t spouted by a reckless twentysomething seeking shock value.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2023
• The shock value behind his imagery makes a strong first impression.
  — Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
• As Yellow drifts through the houses, the worst has already been done, and corpses’ heads have been covered in white sheets — a case where restraint undercuts the shock value.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2024
• Shot in three countries over nine weeks in late 2022, the film shows the horror of the time with dignity and doesn’t use the disturbing and the re-creation of the heartbreaking pictures, for shock value.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Sep. 2023
• So, this film’s shock value was neither a negative nor part of its attraction?
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 June 2024
• Hurt feelings are the cost of doing business Despite the shock value, the claim, Cappelli says, is pretty modest.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
• Variety’s chief film critic Owen Gleiberman says the film packs on the nostalgia but omits the shock value that propelled the first film to legacy status.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
• Rather, the film relies on them for shock value—in effect, uses them as entertainment.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
• The film’s shock value has remained potent and helped earn Divine a place among pop culture’s most influential and provocative drag stars.
  — Isabela Espadas Barros Leal, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
• Like some of Nicolas Winding Refn’s later efforts, its later scenes rely a bit too much on shock value and stylized glimpses of gore, which can dull their impact.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2024
• The goal was to diminish the shock value of any retaliation by Beijing for Pelosi’s trip, a senior White House official says.
  — TIME, 29 Feb. 2024
• The series has already garnered attention for its boundary-pushing bedroom scenes — in the premiere, Tim sucks Hawk’s toes — but shock value was not really the point.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2023
• The play’s plot contains a host of delightful reveals and unexpected turns, which upon first viewing have shock value with great payoff.
  — Christian Lewis, Variety, 12 July 2024
• But in a digital world where millions of people are shooting for shock value to gain followers, why did this account become so viral?
  — Kyle Lamar Rice, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2023
• That film strikes a remarkable balance, using its more graphic moments to enhance the story’s gravity rather than for shock value alone.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024
• While many users clearly spread the images of the massacre, including of the dead attacker, for shock value, others retweeted them to underscore the horrors of gun violence.
  — Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 7 May 2023
• And all over TikTok, too, makeup artists and regular people are slapping on hues that defy the typical lipstick, all while getting millions of views—and not just for shock value.
  — Kristen Bateman, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 June 2023
• The video is hypercharged by three surefire paths to virality in this era of social media: nostalgia, shock value, and celebrity cameos.
  — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 31 May 2024
• One escort takes revenge on the boys by leaving a huge mess of excrement all over the toilet, an action painting in brown shown in great detail here for no discernible artistic reason, apart from shock value.
  — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• Like his designs, Demna’s shows were big, weird, intense, and somehow intelligent in proportion to their shock value.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024