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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

shock

/ʃɒk/

noun

sudden bad feeling caused by something unexpected

  • “To say that I was shocked is to say nothing.”Tatoeba
  • “The news that he died was a shock to me.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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