as in shocked
to cause an unpleasant surprise for
the news that we had failed the auto inspection shook us up
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Recent Examples of shaken up
Hassan said he was too shaken up from the incident and declined to take the flight Frontier offered him for free to Los Angeles on Saturday morning.
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Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 9 May 2026
Dan Vladar, shaken up a bit in the third with an apparent right hand or wrist injury, stopped 28 shots and again outplayed embattled Stuart Skinner in net.
—CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Chewy Bolivian cuñapes are shaken up with the aromatic flavors of garlic bread.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
Practical Magic 2 sees the lives of sisters Sally Owens (Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Kidman) shaken up when a mysterious figure (Lee Pace) arrives in their quaint New England town with a new quest for them.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
These incidents are part of a larger break-in problem that has shaken up San Fernando Valley residents over the last year.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Parts of its product line also get periodically shaken up, with seasonal finds and other favorites being introduced or withdrawn, but customers can count on the staples in our basket.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
The association said the deaths of the two young aviators have shaken up the industry.
—Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
However, the show has shaken up the format before, choosing to swap the order of Benedict and Colin’s stories.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 9 May 2026
Dan Vladar, shaken up a bit in the third with an apparent right hand or wrist injury, stopped 28 shots and again outplayed embattled Stuart Skinner in net.
—CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Chewy Bolivian cuñapes are shaken up with the aromatic flavors of garlic bread.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
Practical Magic 2 sees the lives of sisters Sally Owens (Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Kidman) shaken up when a mysterious figure (Lee Pace) arrives in their quaint New England town with a new quest for them.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
These incidents are part of a larger break-in problem that has shaken up San Fernando Valley residents over the last year.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Parts of its product line also get periodically shaken up, with seasonal finds and other favorites being introduced or withdrawn, but customers can count on the staples in our basket.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
The association said the deaths of the two young aviators have shaken up the industry.
—Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
However, the show has shaken up the format before, choosing to swap the order of Benedict and Colin’s stories.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shaken up
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An Alsip man who drove past Evergreen Park High School at 58 mph and then increased his speed to 75 mph was shocked with a Taser during the traffic stop after releasing a dog from the car and struggling with officers, police said.—
Dennis Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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In 1959, Levi was shocked to receive a letter informing him that a German publisher by the name of Fischer had just acquired the translation rights to If This Is a Man.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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The Lord in your convent frightened me, Jesus with his bloody palms and gaping mouth, eyes rolled back in terror.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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Lee Cronin was both flattered and frightened when Jason Blum suggested titling his The Mummy reimagining as Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2026
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Police are investigating two recent home burglaries in Los Angeles in which the thieves were confronted by witnesses or scared off by home alarms.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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In 2020, a bout with Covid-19 landed him in the hospital and scared him enough to make some changes.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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“Shaken up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shaken%20up. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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