shocking event

collocation in English

meaningsofshockingandevent

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shocking
adjective
uk
/ˈʃɒk.ɪŋ/us
/ˈʃɑː.kɪŋ/
offensive, upsetting, ...
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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofshockingandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshocking event

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The death of a child is always ashockingevent.
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We witnessed yesterday a profoundlyshockingevent.
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It is an unacceptable andshockingevent.
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As a result, the staff decided to portray theshockingeventof a death in the series.
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However, an unpredictable andshockingeventhappened instead.
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When he undergoes ashockingevent, he becomes unresponsive and is mistakenly buried, only to revive in the coffin after burial.
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Thisshockingeventset in motion negotiations that led to a truce several years later.
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The constancy of flashbulb memories over time varies based on the individual factors related to the arousal response, such as emotional engagement and personal involvement with theshockingevent.
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Those are shocking events, which are doing damage beyond any quantification to our interests as democratic societies in that part of the world.
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These disorders are shocking events.
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We read of shocking events.
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However, after witnessing the shocking events of 9/11, the course of his life altered yet again.
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Even if you didn't anticipate them on first viewing, when you think back to earlier scenes you can see how the author has prepared for the shocking events.
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Memory storage is increased by endocrine responses to shocking events; the more shocking an individual finds an event, the more likely a vivd flashbulb memory will develop.
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