Shocking

Examples

• Surely, I would say, all men do not wear those shocking nightcaps; else all women's illusions had been destroyed on the first night of their marriage! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I really cannot prevail upon myself to carry this shocking disclosure any farther. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Oh, shocking--terrible! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I was afraid I had said something shocking. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• How very shocking! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Yes, how shocking! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mrs General was not to be told of anything shocking. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It hears, my dear child, all sorts of shocking things. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It was harsh, it was shocking, even as applied to the most hardened sinner, in such a state of mental and bodily suffering. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Isn't it shocking? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And yet, madam, both are walking the world before our faces every day, without much shocking us. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I think it's shocking to hear you talk. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• One of the advantages of cutting and shocking is that when it is over the force of men employed in this operation can be changed to filling the silo. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Now, gentle readers, after this long digression, you shall hear of the shocking seduction of the present Viscountess Berwick by Viscount Deerhurst! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I have never ceased to think how great your sufferings must have been in this shocking place. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Intrigue is such a shocking word, and conveys a more determined idea of loose morals than a mere accidental slip. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Atone, by repentance and better conduct, for the shocking action you have committed, and the dreadful consequences to which it has led. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Indeed, I hope it is not true, said Mrs. Price plaintively; it would be so very shocking! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Upon my word it is quite shocking. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mr Boffin's speeches were detestable to me, shocking to me,' said Bella, startling that gentleman with another stamp of her little foot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• What a shocking scene! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• You don't know, Pa,' said Bella, 'what a shocking creature I was growing, when he saved me from myself! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The latter, all wild passion; the former, gentle, voluptuous, fearful of shocking or offending me, or frightening away my growing passion. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Ignorantly shocking your feelings, said Mr. Dempster, looking very much discomposed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• This is quite shocking! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Shocking thing that, Tom. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The shocking circumstances which happened at a later period did not, I am thankful to say, happen in my presence. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Don't be shocking! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Shocking plan, living together. Jane Austen. Emma.

Editor: Shanna