How to Use shocking in a Sentence

shocking

adjective

• The building is in a shocking state.
• The number of young teenagers who smoke is shocking.
• But Lee says the scale of the leak was shocking, even to him.
  — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 8 July 2022
• And then there are the videos that are less sweet than shocking.
  — Isis Briones, House Beautiful, 9 May 2023
• In a shocking twist, Medusa was picked to go home over the sushi singers.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2023
• But the way it was achieved may have been more shocking.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2022
• In the wake of such shocking, there is inevitable pain.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Feb. 2025
• But big changes are on the way — with a shocking jolt of chilly air inbound.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
• Take a look at some of the most shocking snubs of the 2022 Primetime Emmys.
  — Essence, 13 July 2022
• What's shocking is the speed with which all this has happened.
  — Eyal Yakoby, National Review, 6 Dec. 2023
• That’s because Jones is leading the NFL’s most shocking run of the year.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2022
• Can the Patriots bounce back from last week’s shocking loss to the Raiders?
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
• The Irish struck first in shocking fashion just 1:30 into the game.
  — Patrick Donnelly, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2025
• What was shocking to the 21-year-old was how few people braved the morning to hunt for deals.
  — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2022
• That’s part of what was shocking, looking back on this.
  — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• In Japan, a salt-loving nation, the idea is shocking to some.
  — Miho Inada, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2022
• This would be even more shocking than last year's comeback if the Huskies (1-0) come away with a win.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2022
• But yes, because the way that it was received was so shocking to me.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2023
• These opinions may be shocking to many in the Western world.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
• When the team looked at an octopus’s brain waves for the first time, the results were shocking.
  — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2023
• Most true crime shows center on shocking events, of course.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024
• Our defeat in the playoffs was shocking and still stings.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
• The thing that’s most shocking about the album to me is there’s not a single prisoner in any of the shots.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2022
• The intensity of the Park Fire has proven itself in the fire's shocking and rapid spread.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
• But what's shocking to Johnson is how fast the tables turned this year.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Aug. 2022
• To hear some of the host’s most shocking moments from the show, check out the video provided below.
  — oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
• The surgery was a success, but the appearance was shocking.
  — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
• The film includes a shocking plot twist that will tear viewers’ hearts out.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024
• That project topped the Official Albums chart, which wasn’t shocking at the time, as Dion was one of the biggest stars in the world.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
• What Ardant finds shocking seems a relatively high bar.
  — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025