shocking thing
collocation in Englishmeaningsofshockingandthing
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shocking
adjective
uk/ˈʃɒk.ɪŋ/us/ˈʃɑː.kɪŋ/
offensive, upsetting, ...
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thing
noun
uk/θɪŋ/us/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofshockingandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That's a much lessshockingthingtoday than it was then.
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I consider it ashockingthingthat that boycott should exist.
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That kind of indifference to the law is a veryshockingthing.
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It sounds as if a discriminatory bloc was a veryshockingthing.
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Is it not ashockingthingto allow this organisation to die?
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Why is it thought to be such ashockingthingto collect £7,000,000 extra?
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What is being done at present is ashockingthing.
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That was ashockingthingto have happened.
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It is ashockingthingthat at this time all this information should have dried up.
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It is ashockingthingto prevent an individual from doing this.
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If that is true, is it not ashockingthing?
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It is ashockingthingand pure humbug.
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Of course, that was ashockingthingto do.
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I think that that is ashockingthingto say.
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This is really a veryshockingthingto have happened.
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That is a startling and evenshockingthingto say.
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This is a fundamental, and, in principle, ashockingthing.
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It is a veryshockingthingthat these men should be in prison.
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About 18 months later, in 1938, ashockingthingtook place.
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That seems ashockingthingto say in a place like this.
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