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.
  • 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 big changes are on the way — with a shocking jolt of chilly air inbound.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 intensity of the Park Fire has proven itself in the fire's shocking and rapid spread.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
  • 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
  • Meanwhile, the Bengals fell to 0-3 with the loss, a shocking start for a team many thought would be an AFC contender.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2024
  • This would not be shocking from Neo-Nazis, but Wellesley?
    Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2022
  • What's not shocking is that players kept their feet on the gas with game day outfits.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2022
  • What's even more shocking is that the X6 M has up to 617 horsepower and is even quicker.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 8 Feb. 2023
  • But the level to which the Jaguars have collapsed in Calvi’s 12th season has been truly shocking.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 17 May 2023
  • For the most part, these impressions were vague as to why the buyers screening was so shocking.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
  • How shocking are these protests given the context of Xi’s time in power?
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Nonetheless, some of the details set out in the balance sheet are shocking.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2022
  • There are no checks and balances in a world where only charisma matters, no rule of law in a world where emotion defeats reason—only a void that anyone with a shocking and compelling story can fill.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Sean Payton and Bo Nix delivered a shocking success story to Denver this year amid low expectations.
    Fox News Staff, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025

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