Examples of shock jock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Norm established Sorokin as a provocateur, a shock jock of late Soviet letters. — Jennifer Wilson, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 The radio shock jock Howard Stern once played a clip of a voicemail message from Gottfried. — NBC News, 12 Apr. 2022 Williams began her career in radio and gained renown for her role as a shock jock on New York’s Hot 97 radio station. — Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2022 One question triggered a tense exchange between Vice President Kamala Harris and a radio shock jock. — Rick Klein, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2021 Hubbard's opponents -- including conservative British shock jock Piers Morgan -- argue that being a transgender woman, or a woman who was assigned male at birth, gives her an unfair physical advantage. — Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 3 July 2021 At the height of tensions over the theater, Abbate posted a message on the marquee mourning the death of Rush Limbaugh, an early shock jock known for demonizing Democrats, feminists and the gay community. — Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2021 In 2020, Stern found himself in a bit of controversy, breaking his silence on a 1993 sketch showing the radio shock jock repeatedly using the N-word in blackface resurfaced online. — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2020 Why would a nonpartisan group tap a right-wing shock jock to deliver predictably caustic remarks that echo the Trump Administration’s COVID-19 talking points? — chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2020 See More

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