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
• That made his return to the band in 2012 all the more shocking.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2022
• 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
• And then the most shocking that Samsara was so great at it.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2022
• 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
• News of the return isn't nearly as shocking as some of the twists in the series.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 30 Dec. 2021
• The sequence, played out over a 72-hour span, was shocking.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
• Read on for the best and most shocking moments from the SI runway.
  — Brittany Talarico, People.com, 2 June 2025
• The beam has been so good to the Utes in the past two seasons, the breaks were almost shocking for fans, much less the team.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Jan. 2022
• 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
• What’s a bit more shocking is how out of sorts the MVP looked even at the beginning.
  — John Hollinger, New York Times, 13 June 2025
• 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 then what looked like a tap-in par on the long par-three eighth turned into a shocking miss.
  — Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
• 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
• That’s a bit shocking for the current winner of the Best New Artist Grammy.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
• There have been multiple major headlines this week, and Gilbert Arenas may lay claim to the most shocking of them all.
  — Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 31 July 2025
• Among them, star shortstop Carlos Correa waived his no-trade clause to return to Houston in the team’s most shocking move of the deadline.
  — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 31 July 2025