adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a stunned/shocked silence
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There was a stunned silence at the other end of the phone.
a surprised/shocked expression
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He didn’t need to speak – his shocked expression said it all.
shaken/shocked/thrilled to the core
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When I heard the news, I was shaken to the core.
visibly shaken/shocked/upset etc
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She was visibly shaken by the news.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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He looked as shocked as everyone else at his words.
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She was pale, but not as shocked as she might have been.
deeply
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If a patient is deeply shocked , measurement of peripheral blood pressure may be very low or difficult to record.
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His anger had left him and he was merely deeply shocked .
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He could not afford to leave money behind, however deeply shocked .
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And I was deeply shocked at the unanimous vote that brought it about.
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People from Poleglass and Twinbrook, who gathered at the scene of the murder last night, said they were deeply shocked .
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But she was astonished, and deeply shocked , that they should have gone off with Guido's speedboat.
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He had seen Frank's mutilated back when they had both been down for screening, and had been deeply shocked .
quite
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She had been quite shocked when she first saw it.
so
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You would be so shocked and so disgusted that whatever faint chance of your return is left would disappear for ever.
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Fred Goodyear was so shocked that it was more than eight hours before he raised the alarm.
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I was so shocked , it just didn't register.
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But when she came up to me after that third seminar I was so shocked and embarrassed that I could barely speak.
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She was so shocked at herself she almost lost the advantage.
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Yvonne was so shocked at how widespread the problem was that she has installed a hotline in her gym.
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Don't look so shocked , she said.
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The victim was so shocked that it was more than a month before she reported the attack.
too
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The boy was too shocked and frightened to speak.
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White-faced, too shocked for tears, she rose slowly to her feet.
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He was still too shocked to take it in.
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He was too shocked to talk.
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They were too shocked to make any comment at the family home today.
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She hoped he would begin to cry instead, but he was too shocked , and lapsed into silence.
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They were too shocked to talk ... but the cards said it all.
very
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She says she got her grades, she's very shocked !
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Yes, she was very shocked .
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He said he was all right but appeared very shocked .
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She is obviously very shocked , though she is physically well.
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MI6 was very shocked at the severity of Blake's 42-year sentence.
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He says they were very shocked when Gore announced he was leaving because of illness.
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When I got out of the ditch I felt very shocked , and unable to believe that he had missed me.
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He was very shocked when he saw his picture in the papers.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chilled/frozen/shocked etc to the marrow
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Soaked to the skin and chilled to the marrow of her bones, she shivered uncontrollably.
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The thought made him flush hot with embarrassment even though chilled to the marrow .
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Though chilled to the marrow , Karelius was otherwise not in too bad shape.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Shocked viewers jammed the switchboard with complaints.
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Everyone seemed really shocked when I told them I'd started smoking.
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Gabby was shocked by how unpleasant they were to their mother.
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I'm shocked that you've let things get this far.
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I am truly shocked by the content of the program.
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I was shocked at the change in his appearance.
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I was shocked when I saw the size of the telephone bill.
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She was shocked at her own depraved behavior.
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We were shocked to hear about Brian's heart attack- he's so young.
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We were deeply shocked to hear of the baby's death.
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When I returned, I was shocked to discover that Rod had lost his job.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the scale of the poverty revealed by the Booth and Rowntree surveys shocked late Victorian sensibilities.
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He was at once shocked and amazed by what he found there.
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Isabel trembled, half afraid, half shocked , at such shameless, hitherto unknown longings.
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She said that she's shocked that an organisation can behave this way.
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The shocked priority of examining herself after escaping, literally, from the jaws of death, wore off.
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The few guests that remained stood about in small, shocked groups.
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There's no reason you should be shocked at the thought of him taking me out.
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Trying to look at O'Neill as if meeting him for the first time, Urquhart was shocked .