Sudden upset

Usage examples of shock.

It was not at the agonized contortions and posturing of the wretched boy that he was shocked, but at the cosmic obscenity of these beings which could drag to light the abysmal secrets that sleep in the unfathomed darkness of the human soul, and find pleasure in the brazen flaunting of such things as should not be hinted at, even in restless nightmares.

Caroline and Amelia had been shocked when James brought her home, riding before him on his horse with Acorn trailing behind.

His adorable expression of stress framed by a shock of chestnut hair made her heart flutter.

It was with a sudden shock that the boy realized he was adrift in space.

The moment the Dark sensed she had told you, they must have come rushing, sending the afanc to shock you into giving up what she had said.

I spoke in what I thought was an undertone, but Alake must have heard me, because she looked shocked and frowned at me in reproof.

If he meant to survive in Alb, and he did, then he must suppress the rage, the shock, and the sickness that was moving in his belly.

As you can imagine, I was shocked when I first read his messages to North Dakota about an unbreakable algorithm called Digital Fortress.

A moment later, while yet the shock wave of the first blast raced outward, and the fuselage of the aircraft followed suit, its aluminite body burning like a petrol-soaked rag in the incredible heat.

When a bold hunch leads them from a wild murder investigation to a red-hot love affair, Amaryllis is shocked, Lucas is delighted-- and no power on heaven, earth or St.

This was too much, the mere idea of using violence has always shocked me, and I am still of opinion that the only pleasure in the amorous embrace springs from perfect union and agreement.

It conjured up a society so encrusted with anachronisms that only a shock of great violence could free the living organism within.

The Warming had absorbed all our energies, and the great shock of the Happy Anniversary flash-bombing in 2033 had jolted us even more.

Father Roubier is shocked by my apologia for my own blatant truthfulness.

I have been on the telephone and I have talked extensively with his attorney from Memphis on the charge, who was shocked and appalled that Mr.