How to Use culture shock in a Sentence

culture shock

noun

• Moving to the city was a huge culture shock for him.
• Foreign students often experience culture shock when they first come to the U.S.
• The move up north must have been a major culture shock for you?
  — Leeanne Griffin, courant.com, 25 Sep. 2017
• But the culture shock of a move back to Virginia in high school hit her hard.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2026
• This column has been a culture shock to a lot of folks who haven't been here for the past four years.
  — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
• There's no way of knowing how players will respond to the culture shock.
  — J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2020
• Still, the change in scenery can definitely come as a culture shock.
  — David Martindale, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
• Just the right amount of culture shock, and yet still with familiar things to enjoy.
  — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2021
• The culture shock, both on the court and off, left him severely homesick.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2023
• Still, culinary school gave him a serious case of culture shock.
  — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2021
• There was no culture shock at Butler, even though his high school was more diverse.
  — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 25 June 2020
• His first winter in Valparaiso gave him culture shock.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
• Another culture shock from her time in Paris?
  — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
• Homesickness, culture shock, and stress had started to take a toll.
  — Lauren Decicca, National Geographic, 21 Oct. 2019
• The smiling staff wasn’t the only culture shock for customers.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021
• The cliché of culture shock has nothing to do with the film, a super welcome surprise.
  — Miles Marshall Lewis, Essence, 17 Apr. 2020
• For Brooklyn-native Speier, his new home is still a culture shock.
  — John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2018
• The upshot for job-seeking coders is confusion, culture shock, and hours of work done for free.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2024
• Every culture shock was a positive one.
  — Celia Fernandez raffi Paul, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
• The change in environment was a culture shock for Hull in a number of ways.
  — Brande Victorian, Essence, 6 Aug. 2021
• Introducing the style of play to him, playing fast, this was a culture shock for a lot of players.
  — Brian Straus, SI.com, 4 Sep. 2019
• This column, in particular, has been a culture shock to a lot of folks who haven't been here for the past three years.
  — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
• Having grown up in the Chicago area, Fresno was a culture shock.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2020
• Joining a team that ranked 29th in defense was a bit of a culture shock for Powell.
  — oregonlive, 19 May 2021
• Their introduction to the way the league operates is through a complete sense of culture shock.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• The site’s founders say anyone from Ukraine who joins them in Germany should brace themselves for culture shock.
  — New York Times, 16 June 2022
• Many of us wondered if there was going to be another culture shock, and a lot of us wondered if the food was going to be good.
  — John-Michael Mulloy, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Aug. 2022
• At least in the short term, the culture shock for the cable side of the business would be most severe if the Paramount plan succeeds.
  — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
• Being the only Black player on the lacrosse team in high school was a culture shock for Ferguson.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 12 Mar. 2021
• This creates a unique bond between the manager and his players, but can be a culture shock for those not familiar with such a regime.
  — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026