shell-shocked
Americanadjective
adjective
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suffering from shell shock
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in a state of stunned confusion or shock; dazed
Example Sentences
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That's compounded by concerns about Andrew's well-being, a man who looked shell-shocked and haunted in photos taken after he was released from custody.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
Orchestrated by the brilliant Finn Russell and playing with a ruthlessness that a shell-shocked England could not contain, the Scots were a team reborn.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
Residents who had evacuated, and some who had stayed behind, stood shell-shocked, knowing there was little they could do to stop their neighborhood from burning to the ground.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2026
“People are shell-shocked right now,” Chris Diodato, a financial planner focusing on early retirement and founder of Wellth Financial Planning, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025
Garrett, seeing Kelton’s shell-shocked state, offers him his canteen.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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