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 so this is so shocking to her.
  — H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
• That's why this is so shocking.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
• That was part of why his work was so shocking.
  — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2026
• See all of their shocking picks!
  — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
• Videos like that were still shocking.
  — Isa Mazzei, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
• Each loss was more shocking than the last.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
• Two deaths should feel shocking.
  — Grace Byron, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
• That’s the most shocking thing.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
• The most shocking thing, though?
  — Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
• And then there are the videos that are less sweet than shocking.
  — Isis Briones, House Beautiful, 9 May 2023
• The truth is just as shocking as fiction.
  — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026
• Aniston said as the shocking news sunk in.
  — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
• That’s not the most shocking thing the log reveals.
  — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
• But Lee says the scale of the leak was shocking, even to him.
  — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 8 July 2022
• Through the lens of today, this is shocking.
  — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Jan. 2026
• Vance is going to shoot up as the most shocking death, for sure.
  — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
• What's shocking is the speed with which all this has happened.
  — Eyal Yakoby, National Review, 6 Dec. 2023
• The results were more shocking than that.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2026
• Even reading that last one felt shocking.
  — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
• Here’s what to know about the show’s shocking ending.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
• The numbers, while shocking, are spread out over more than three years.
  — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2026
• That relief can’t come soon enough, as the death toll has been shocking.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
• 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
• His shocking wig video went viral.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
• And more shocking, had been murdered.
  — Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
• McConkey had a shocking drop, but made up for it.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
• Taylor being able to show up for one day on set is shocking to me.
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026