To one it comes like the stroke of an arrow, shocking all the emotions to a sharper life.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

He is known for his sometimes shocking humor that makes fun of people and situations.

VOA: special.2009.11.30

Pictures taken from the air after the tsunami also showed a shocking loss of land.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

As one soldier who fought there said: "It was too shocking,too horrible.

VOA: special.2009.09.03

On Monday,Washington,D.C., health officials reported shocking information about H.I.V.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

Another shocking event took place a few days later.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

Lincoln agreed that what McClellan had done was shocking.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

Splice uses unexpected flashes of dark humor to defuse the tension as it draws the audience into ever-more shocking story turns.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Friends in the entertainment world have expressed their grief, with pop diva Diana Ross calling Jackson's death too sudden and shocking.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

In a shocking result, world record holder Elena Isinbaeva of Russia failed to medal in the pole vault.

VOA: standard.2009.08.18

And everybody is being kind of downhearted to hear such shocking news because people didn't expect that Michael would have died so soon,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

Dalil participated in the last study in 2002, which she says uncovered some shocking results.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

"Despite remarkable economic growth in scores of countries over the past 20 years, shocking disparities are also growing, with the poorest children left further behind,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

"I condemn this shocking and shameless act and the terrorists who committed this crime."

VOA: standard.2009.10.28