How to Use shock wave in a Sentence

shock wave

noun

• The decision created a shock wave of criticism.
• When the plane hit, the shock waves rolled me over and over and over.
  — Scott Harrison, latimes.com, 31 Jan. 2018
• That would send a shock wave through the Horn of Africa and beyond.
  — NBC News, 5 Nov. 2020
• And the shock wave broke windows as far as 120 miles away.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Aug. 2020
• The first images of the eruption and shock wave could be seen from space.
  — Judson Jones and Jennifer Gray, CNN, 17 Jan. 2022
• When her body was found on Tuesday, a shock wave shook the world.
  — Jeneé Osterheldt, kansascity, 5 June 2018
• The ship was getting hit with these shock waves, just—BANG!
  — Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
• The high-speed impact unleashed shock waves across the globe.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 2 Feb. 2020
• The shock wave rattled the Green Berets inside the cookhouse.
  — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2018
• The seismic roster shift sent shock waves through the fan base.
  — New York Times, 24 Feb. 2018
• The blast set off a shock wave that was felt up to 230 feet away, Carrillo said.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
• When the shock wave crashes into the right side of the house, the chimney absorbs most of its force.
  — Nathaniel Penn, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2019
• The award has sent shock waves through the former Yugoslavia and beyond.
  — The Economist, 17 Oct. 2019
• The loss sent shock waves across the world, and seemed to herald a new era of machine mastery over man.
  — Will Knight, Wired, 21 Feb. 2020
• That shock wave traveled around the world, also moving faster than the speed of sound.
  — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2022
• Measure the angle of this shock wave and use it to estimate the speed of the baseball.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 23 Sep. 2020
• When a bomb goes off, the shock wave of the blast can actually harm some of the tissue in the parts of the brain that process sound.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 30 Jan. 2019
• His death sends shock waves through the coastal fishing business.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 19 Apr. 2020
• The shock wave alone shattered windows two blocks away.
  — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2020
• After Williamson left the game just 33 seconds into the contest, the shock waves spread around the sports world.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2019
• The high-level cuts sent shock waves through the division.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• The great majority of the trees got knocked down by the shock wave from the explosion.
  — Jon Michaud, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
• Per Physics Central: The initial tap to the bottle sends a shock wave through the glass to the bottle’s bottom.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Jan. 2020
• The blast and its shock wave blew out windows and flattened trees over hundreds of square miles.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2022
• The post also explains that the shock waves from a nuclear blast wouldn't raise the air pressure in the area around the storm.
  — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2019
• The Cousins move sent shock waves through the NBA, with players, fans, and pundits weighing in throughout the night.
  — Sarah Todd, Philly.com, 3 July 2018
• Run-DMC was a shock wave, a hip-hop group that crossed over to the mainstream with a borderline punk sound.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2022
• The shock waves have, by now, faded to something more subtle.
  — Rick Rojas and Kristin Hussey, idahostatesman, 14 Dec. 2017
• The result sent shock waves across much of Africa, where Botswana has long been seen as a model of development success despite its small size.
  — Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
• One Direction member Liam Payne’s sudden death on Wednesday quickly sent shock waves through the industry.
  — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024