As a career women, I was shocked to read the article posted by Michael Noer.

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Betty Ford was probably so shocked to be the wife of a President, that she withdrew.

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My friend was actually shocked and embarrassed at how much stuff people sent her daughter .

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Many in the world of public health were shocked when Yach took the job.

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She feels her mother would be shocked if she knew what von Anhalt had done.

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Separately, in Darfur, the deaths of hundreds of thousands shocked the conscience of the world.

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And quite frankly, I was just shocked and amazed when I saw those ads.

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The president shocked his Western allies by ordering riot police to break up the protest.

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Germany did too, and was so shocked that it brought in national standards and exams.

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Shell-shocked by the 2008 stock market crash, many investors are more risk-averse than they should be.

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