James Blunt

I think I was lucky to be a little older when I became famous. But still, the shock of the world starting to treat you in a weird way... I had come from the army, where we had to deal with life or death, and suddenly, people were asking whether you were cool or not. I have never cared about whether I'm cool.

English Musician

Erica Jong

Anybody who instantly goes from being a poet and a graduate student to being a public figure has to be in a state of shock. First people want to praise you, and then they want to attack you. No one can prepare you for it.

American Novelist

Chuck Palahniuk

The act of writing is a way of tricking yourself into revealing something that you would never consciously put into the world. Sometimes I'm shocked by the deeply personal things I've put into books without realizing it.

Jenna Bush

It's not like he called me up and asked me. They've never wanted to throw us into that world, and I think our decision probably shocked them. But I love my dad, and I think I'd regret it if I didn't do this.

American Celebrity

Jacqueline Fernandez

I think it's really important for actors to add some shock value to whatever they do. I think the audience gets bored very easily, and it's really important to keep experimenting.

Actress

Billy Graham

No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts very deeply.

American Clergyman

James Lafferty

People would be shocked to know... that despite the nature of my TV character, I am actually a nice guy.

American Actor

Naseem Hamed

When I win, I send shock waves through the boxing world.

British Athlete

Rege-Jean Page

Don't be afraid to shock people or be unexpected.

English Actor

Tzipi Livni

Israeli Politician

Understanding 'shock' implies a strong emotional response, often negative or associated with disbelief.

Emotional Impact

Use 'shock' when describing events that are unexpected and cause a significant reaction.

Unexpectedness

'Shock' in a medical context indicates a critical situation needing immediate attention.

Medical Urgency

In medicine, 'shock' describes the body's severe response to trauma, not just emotional distress.

Physiological Response

In physics or engineering, 'shock' often relates to sudden or intense force or movement.

Technical Context

'Shock' can be a physical jolt, not always related to electric shock.

Literal Disturbance

To 'shock' someone verbally often involves revealing something startling or unexpected.

Emotional Reveal

The verb 'shock' often connotes negative surprise, not just any surprise.

Negative Surprise

When talking about electrical devices, 'shocked' implies danger and the need for caution.

Safety Warning

Electrical 'shock' describes the physical sensation from contact with electricity.

Physical Sensation

 um it's a really important thing to do i think anyway and i think we were able to do that on planet earth i mean i hope that audiences would look at it and just i want them to be surprised i don't want them to be shocked particularly but i want them to be surprised and think i never would have imagined that lions could be taking on an elephant it's an adventure

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 than all the areas we complain about, our suburban sprawl and our cities where we mostly live. Half of humanity lives in cities today, but a 60-times-larger area is used to grow food. So this is an amazing kind of result, and it really shocked us when we looked at that. So we're using an enormous amount of land for agriculture,

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 This is the reason organisms can't be simply sparked back to life once they've already died. We can pump air into someone's lungs, but it won't do much good if the many other processes involved in the respiratory cycle are no longer functioning. Similarly, the electric shock from a defibrillator

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 number four is time shock this is where you look up at the clock and go huh oh my god which is happening sorry I thought I had more time you've literally lost time like aliens have abducted you for me two things help stop the madness first I just started tracking my time so that I could be

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 to attenuate the shock of the limb hitting the ground. Then at mid-stance, the bionic limb outputs high torques and powers to lift the person into the walking stride, comparable to how muscles work in the calf region. This bionic propulsion is very important clinically to patients.

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 We've got some old flip flops. I saw a toothbrush back there and considering this place, this island is such a valuable spot for both seabirds and seals. and loads of other wildlife. It's really quite shocking just to see how much litter there is laying around here.

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 Aircraft traveling at supersonic speed create a shock wave with a thunder-like noise known as a sonic boom, which can cause distress to people and animals below or even damage buildings. For this reason, scientists around the world have been looking at sonic booms,

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 went flying down the mountain, and I was on top of the mountain still. I was so shocked, I was just as shocked as everybody else, and I was so discouraged, but I knew that if I could find the right pair of feet that I would be able to do this again.

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 can help dissolve the stones by creating a less acidic urine. For medium-sized stones up to about ten millimeters, one option is pulverizing them with soundwaves. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy uses high-intensity pulses

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 his face contrasted by this gun that he's pointing at you through the photograph that you only get with this medium and that's why it's so important because without that shock without that

Shock

A sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience.

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An acute medical condition caused by severe injury or illness.

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A mechanical disturbance in a physical system.

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To cause someone to feel upset or surprised.

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To give an electric shock to someone or something.

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Emotional Impact

Unexpectedness

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