rock
noun
a stone of any size.
had rocked
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past perfectof rock.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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They had all been part of the turbulent protests that had rocked Hong Kong in 2019, when hundreds of thousands took to the streets demanding democracy and more freedom in the Chinese territory.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
Koons’s sculpture, unveiled in 2019 at the Petit Palais, was meant as a symbol of healing and a remembrance of victims of terror attacks that had rocked France a few years earlier.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
Anti-British protests had rocked India throughout 1946, and, exhausted from fighting World War II, Britain could no longer afford to maintain control over its colony.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The pandemic had rocked the Yakima Valley and its food-processing facilities.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
Yet Jesse had also picked up David Copperfield from a discount bin at the Waldenbooks near his office, and it had rocked him.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
