How to Use shocker in a Sentence

shocker

noun
  • The ending of the movie is a real shocker.
  • Their divorce was a shocker.
  • That’s the biggest shocker of the night and a three-point play.
    Doug Feinberg, The Seattle Times, 29 Mar. 2019
  • As a result, Perkins and the Tide won a shocker in the Iron Bowl.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 10 Dec. 2020
  • So, yeah, the Giants were a shocker, and Kapler pulled the strings.
    John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • And in a slight shocker, the Saints opted to waive him.
    Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 5 Sep. 2020
  • The shocker is the downshift Pinto sees in the months ahead.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 June 2022
  • But there’s been lots of guys since then, and some shockers.
    Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 12 July 2019
  • What a shocker to pull the curtain back on the biggest bands of their era.
    Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
  • The kinds of people who like to get mad about Meghan Markle are — shocker!
    Jeva Lange, The Week, 9 June 2021
  • In a shocker, the Rockets left draft night last week with the prospect many hoped the team would land all along.
    Rahat Huq, Chron, 27 June 2022
  • It’s a real funky bass shocker that’s not to be missed.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 9 July 2021
  • The Avs’ loss in Seattle on Wednesday was the one shocker, and yet not so much.
    Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Yorkville’s Ben Alvarez being in the right place at the right time is not a big shocker.
    Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2022
  • So what’s on his mind as the show moves beyond that shocker of a finale?
    Jessica Derschowitz, Variety, 8 Aug. 2022
  • So his breakout through four games isn’t a shocker to the Jacksonville brass.
    Albert Breer, SI.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Big changes are a bit of a theme in Episode 1, as Daniel delivers a shocker of his own.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 18 July 2024
  • And Beau's mother—not dead, in a shocker—has been watching from the shadows the whole time.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 22 Apr. 2023
  • But even so, last night's death was a true shocker that has fans reeling.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The top 10 were all white men (shocker), but four Black billionaires made the list this year, too.
    Zoya Hasan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • As such, the Meyer case served as a precursor for the Shell shocker.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
  • But the biggest shocker has been the spike in funds raised for the family of the player who hit the game-winning layup.
    Fox News, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Trust in this, though: Nothing this team is doing right now should be a shocker.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Sean, dressed as ‘Double Denim’ Ken won the date, in somewhat of a shocker.
    Andrew Hammond | Ahammond@al.com, al, 10 July 2023
  • The trade was a shocker because the Cavs were expected to be sellers.
    Tim Bielik, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The shocker of a pick in that range would be a quarterback to back up starter Tua Tagovailoa.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2023
  • This latest trade is just the next shocker in the rollicking fun of this summer.
    Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 12 July 2019
  • Next was the broccoli and that was fine with the mustard and cottage cheese combo, no big shocker there.
    Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2023
  • The skinny: As mentioned above, James addition to the A-List is no shocker.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 10 Oct. 2021
  • This has to be a shocker to nearly all long-time fans of the team because the Vikings defense has been so charitable for such a long time.
    Steve Silverman, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024

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