: one that shocks
especially
: something horrifying or offensive (such as a sensational film or work of fiction)
Examples of shocker in a Sentence
The ending of the movie is a real shocker.
Their divorce was a shocker.
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Perhaps one of the biggest shockers in Season 3 is that both Georgia and Ginny end up pregnant after all.
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
The Conservative Party leader, Pierre Poilievre, conceded the election, but in a shocker, lost his seat in parliament.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 29 Apr. 2025
Not only that, her corporate bosses may not be telling the truth (shocker, right?) and not all forms of intelligent life in the zone are necessarily human.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025
The singer has a family in BA…shocker…so now Eva kind of has nowhere to go.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 29 June 2025
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
The Conservative Party leader, Pierre Poilievre, conceded the election, but in a shocker, lost his seat in parliament.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 29 Apr. 2025
Not only that, her corporate bosses may not be telling the truth (shocker, right?) and not all forms of intelligent life in the zone are necessarily human.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025
The singer has a family in BA…shocker…so now Eva kind of has nowhere to go.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 29 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for shocker
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“Shocker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shocker. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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