all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers.
corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks.
electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks.
he had an unruly shock of black hair.
he was numb with shock.
his mother's death left him in a daze.
I was floored when I heard that I was promoted.
it came as a shock to learn that he was injured.
loss of blood is an important cause of shock.
shock grain.
subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response.
the armies met in the shock of battle.
the door closed with a jolt.
the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch.
The news of the bombing shocked her.
the old car needed a new set of shocks.
The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends.
whole fields of wheat in shock.