adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shocking pink
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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most
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It was the most shocking sound they'd heard.
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Isn't it the most shocking scrum?
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The way people looked was the most shocking thing.
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You say the most shocking things.
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It's been a most shocking day so far, quite shocking.
so
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A hard hitting television campaign, so shocking it can't be shown before 9 p.m., begins tonight.
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The opening scene is so shocking it will leave you gasping.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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shocking photographs of mass graves
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It can be quite shocking for a child to see the changes in his or her body as puberty approaches.
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The report revealed some shocking new facts about the effect of drinking on health.
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These shocking events horrified the entire world.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another shocking piece of news greeted Theo in June, 1882.
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But it has remained as puzzling to modern historians as it was shocking to contemporaries.
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But it is full of frustrating inconsistencies, with the central auto-da-fe scene standing out in almost shocking relief from everything else.
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Everything went black in the shocking folds of his embrace.
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He couldn't have observed her intent scrutiny which was fuelled by an unfamiliar feeling she found deeply shocking .
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Opinion takes a world of countries so much for granted, it is mildly shocking to discover how recent the concept is.
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She says it's very shocking .
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The woman had a husband who was a shocking sinner, he went in for drink something chronic.