6 sentences with 'shocked'
Example sentences and phrases with the word shocked and other words derived from it.
• « Called to the hospital at 2:30 a.m., Matt's parents were shocked to learn how the accident had happened, and dismayed to see their son lying unconscious in bed, his face and head swollen, with tubes inserted in his nose, mouth and arms. »
• « Subsequently, the Greeks as a whole were shocked in 371 BC when the polis of Thebes defeated the Spartans three times in open battle, symbolically marching in the sight of Sparta itself and destroying the myth of Spartan invincibility. »
• « The entire Roman world was shocked and horrified that mere barbarians could have overwhelmed the Roman armies and struck at the heart of the ancient Empire. »
• « In short, the politics of the latter part of the 19th century were embedded in journalism. As almost every state in Europe moved towards male suffrage, leaders were often shocked by the fact that they had to cultivate public opinion to pass the laws they supported. »