shock
noun
a sudden and violent blow or impact; collision.
unshockable
-
a word derived from
shock.
Example Sentences
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An A.E.D. cannot revive people with unshockable rhythms.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
Administrators around the country, who have grown pretty much unshockable in dealing with all possibilities since pretty much springtime, have grown realistic as well.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2020
I think of myself as unshockable, and I have to say I was shocked.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2017
The unshockable woman does, for once, seem genuinely embarrassed.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2015
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
