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

Lincoln agreed that what McClellan had done was shocking.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

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

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

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

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

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

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

That was a shocking thing to her family and to neighbors."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

It is about a shocking betrayal of the public trust,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

"For the markets right now, it is a shock because everybody is waiting to see what can come next because such a shocking effect, to do it overnight, is not good for a market which is keen on transparency."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Ibrahim,a civil society activist for the Somali Institute for Research and Development, says that if al-Shabab carried out the attack for which he says there is little doubt the group's denial could be due to the shocking nature of Thursday's death toll.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

Ngoga Gateretse, Senior Advisor to the African Union Special Envoy for Somalia, called the situation in Mogadishu grave and said al-Shabaab is trying to force an extreme form of Islam on the Somali people, "This is completely new and shocking to the majority of the Somalis.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26