How to Use shock in a Sentence

shock

1 of 2 noun

• The shock of it made her flinch.
  — Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
• This should not come as a shock.
  — Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
• Not that this comes as a shock.
  — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 29 Apr. 2026
• Boy, oh boy, this is quite a shock.
  — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
• The war caused an oil shock from the get-go.
  — ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
• What struck Pledger most wasn't the shock.
  — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
• But the shock for Todd didn't stop there.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
• No plié to absorb all the shock.
  — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
• The initial shock is to the tires.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
• The oil prices are a supply shock.
  — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
• The comforts of shock have worn off.
  — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026
• The comforts of shock have worn off.
  — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
• The comforts of shock have worn off.
  — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
• Those kinds of things shock people.
  — Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
• Mind you, the story still goes for shock.
  — Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
• Small gasps of shock—and delight.
  — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
• That will lessen the shock to your system.
  — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 6 Oct. 2025
• In the end, the release was not a shock.
  — Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
• But shock is a phase, not a final state.
  — Georgii Verbitskii, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
• Some consumers took the price shock in stride.
  — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
• Can’t bear the shock of a cold-water splash?
  — Chloe Burcham, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2026
• The shock of sunlight made my eyes stream with tears.
  — Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
• As with most shocks, there are winners and losers.
  — Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 9 Mar. 2026
• New tariffs and oil price shocks could keep prices high.
  — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
• Claire is in shock before the screen fades to black.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2026
• Think the oil shock is bad in the US?
  — Adrian Ma, NPR, 6 May 2026
• And that was, like, one of the biggest shocks to me.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
• People are in shock—in five years, the world will end.
  — Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
• Every one of us was in shock, but like how does that look?
  — Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
• Players from both teams fell to the grass in tears and in shock.
  — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025

shock

2 of 2 verb

• His team-mates were shocked too.
  — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
• You might be shocked at what works.
  — Matt Shumer, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
• Most brands are shocked by the gaps.
  — Aviv Shamny, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
• But the last few months have shocked me.
  — Matt Shumer, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
• The crowd was shocked, as was Richter.
  — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
• Fans were shocked to see how the event came to an end.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
• Some profess to be shocked by this.
  — Leonard Pitts Jr, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
• Aghion said he was shocked by the honor.
  — CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
• So here’s something to shock you.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026
• Most people are shocked by what shows up.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
• What happened next will shock you.
  — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 23 June 2026
• Can the White Sox shock the world?
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
• The first answer shouldn’t shock you.
  — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
• Clark was shocked and relieved.
  — Autumn Barnes, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
• But both wouldn’t shock me, either.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
• Some board members were shocked.
  — ABC News, 17 June 2026
• Hamel’s husband was shocked, too.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
• Needless to say, fans around the world were shocked by the news.
  — Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
• But the band’s members were shocked at the hate mail that poured in.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• Bears coach Ed Lamb would love to shock the world.
  — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
• This will shock the egg, which helps the shell peel off more cleanly.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2024
• The Yankees seemed shocked by the call.
  — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
• The Dutchman was shocked by the news.
  — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2025
• The second thing, you might be shocked that there are not very many sports.
  — Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2026
• They won’t be shocked by Purdue’s size.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Mar. 2026
• News of Lemieux’s death shocked the hockey world.
  — Chris Johnston, New York Times, 31 May 2026
• No one was shocked to see Texas Tech in the top five.
  — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
• Then, the show shocked the world by sending Scarab home.
  — Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Jan. 2026
• Let’s all take a moment here to pretend to be shocked.
  — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
• That nobody is the slightest bit shocked by its price tag.
  — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025