Example sentences for: shocked

How can you use “shocked” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Like a lot of good comics, he wanted to be "outrageous"--but he didn't necessarily want to outrage . He was truly shocked when homicidally anti-Semitic letters poured into the offices of Harvey and Bob Weinstein of Miramax.

  • The LAT says the news surprised the company and shocked investors, who punished Northrop's stock.

  • Chatterbox was shocked upon reading Lloyd Grove's recent Washington Post profile of James Johnson.

  • When he jokingly responded with "girls," the investigators did not conceal their shocked disapproval.

  • The dailies are relentless in their programmatic use of "balancing" language to describe family reactions--"many" are angry, "some" are shocked, etc.--despite producing no family members saying the verdicts are just.


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