How to Use shocker in a Sentence

shocker

noun
  • The ending of the movie is a real shocker.
  • Their divorce was a shocker.
  • That’s the biggest shocker of the night and a three-point play.
    — Doug Feinberg, The Seattle Times, 29 Mar. 2019
  • As a result, Perkins and the Tide won a shocker in the Iron Bowl.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 10 Dec. 2020
  • So, yeah, the Giants were a shocker, and Kapler pulled the strings.
    — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • And in a slight shocker, the Saints opted to waive him.
    — Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 5 Sep. 2020
  • The shocker is the downshift Pinto sees in the months ahead.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 June 2022
  • But there’s been lots of guys since then, and some shockers.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 12 July 2019
  • If the Hornets had captured the Flagg, now that would have been the shocker.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2025
  • The biggest shocker of the night came when Alex Kane had a few choice words for Bischoff.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
  • What a shocker to pull the curtain back on the biggest bands of their era.
    — Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
  • Here's a shocker - the starter ink lasted a full ten months.
    — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 19 May 2018
  • The host weighs in on the season 2 premiere shocker and much more.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The kinds of people who like to get mad about Meghan Markle are — shocker!
    — Jeva Lange, The Week, 9 June 2021
  • The first round of the 2018 NFL draft is in the books, and there were some surprises -- even some shockers.
    — Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The district produced one of the true shockers of the June 5 election.
    — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 June 2018
  • Then came the real shocker in the bottom of the inning.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2018
  • In a shocker, the Rockets left draft night last week with the prospect many hoped the team would land all along.
    — Rahat Huq, Chron, 27 June 2022
  • But this rally at this time of year is kind of a shocker!
    — Moneyshow, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • It’s a real funky bass shocker that’s not to be missed.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 9 July 2021
  • The Avs’ loss in Seattle on Wednesday was the one shocker, and yet not so much.
    — Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2022
  • After last week's 9-1-1 shocker, The Last of Us said hold my golf club.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Yorkville’s Ben Alvarez being in the right place at the right time is not a big shocker.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2022
  • So what’s on his mind as the show moves beyond that shocker of a finale?
    — Jessica Derschowitz, Variety, 8 Aug. 2022
  • That in many classrooms will be a shocker for a lot of students.
    — David French, National Review, 5 July 2017
  • The Cowboys pulled off the shocker in large part due to their defense, which held the Tigers to only 13 points in the first half.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Surely, the top streaming-only titles will not be shockers to anyone, either.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
  • It must also be acknowledged that this miss at Torino was a shocker.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Breadon’s win came as a last-minute shocker.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
  • But some coaches might not care about your fantasy football team (shocker).
    — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026

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