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But after what was billed as a farewell round of concerts last year — all sold-out — Mr. Shnurov, 47, has shocked even his usually unshockable public.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2020

Still, today’s blasé, unshockable readers may be surprised at how transgressive early 20th-century popular fiction could be.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2019

I think of myself as unshockable, and I have to say I was shocked.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2017

Gill describes the typical concierge as someone who has worked in five or six-star hotels, "someone who loves people and is well balanced, understands what people want and is unshockable".

From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2012

A friend of mine, whom I should have thought quite unshockable, either by principles or practice, once professed himself to me aghast at Méphistophéla.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George