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 then there are the videos that are less sweet than shocking.
  — Isis Briones, House Beautiful, 9 May 2023
• 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
• What's shocking is the speed with which all this has happened.
  — Eyal Yakoby, National Review, 6 Dec. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• When the team looked at an octopus’s brain waves for the first time, the results were shocking.
  — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2023
• Most true crime shows center on shocking events, of course.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024
• Our defeat in the playoffs was shocking and still stings.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
• The intensity of the Park Fire has proven itself in the fire's shocking and rapid spread.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
• To hear some of the host’s most shocking moments from the show, check out the video provided below.
  — oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
• The surgery was a success, but the appearance was shocking.
  — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
• The film includes a shocking plot twist that will tear viewers’ hearts out.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024
• Meanwhile, the Bengals fell to 0-3 with the loss, a shocking start for a team many thought would be an AFC contender.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2024
• This would not be shocking from Neo-Nazis, but Wellesley?
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2022
• What's not shocking is that players kept their feet on the gas with game day outfits.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2022
• That’s why Tuesday was so shocking and stunning to the kids who grew up playing for him and the adults who coached with him.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 27 Sep. 2022
• What's even more shocking is that the X6 M has up to 617 horsepower and is even quicker.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 8 Feb. 2023
• But the level to which the Jaguars have collapsed in Calvi’s 12th season has been truly shocking.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 17 May 2023
• For the most part, these impressions were vague as to why the buyers screening was so shocking.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
• How shocking are these protests given the context of Xi’s time in power?
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2022
• Since coming into power a year after Moïse’s shocking death, Petro has repeatedly talked about the historic ties between Colombia and Haiti.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
• An argument escalates into shocking violence, and Simon loses his little girl all over again.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 6 Feb 2025