Examples of 'shell shock' in a sentence

Meaning of "shell shock"

This phrase refers to the psychological trauma experienced by individuals who have been subjected to the extreme stress of warfare or combat. It is commonly associated with soldiers who have been exposed to intense and prolonged battle conditions
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  • A stunning shock.
  • A psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle.
  • A person with the condition.
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shell, shock.

How to use "shell shock" in a sentence

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Shell shock does mysterious things to the mind.
Something left over from shell shock.
I suffered shell shock at the firing range.
Some were suffering from shell shock.
Shell shock makes a man more handsome.
There is no such thing as shell shock.
His shell shock is quite severe.
The ravings of an old soldier with shell shock.
Shell shock looks good on you.
Innocent looking russian sweetheart with dp shell shock.
Shell shock due to severe trauma.
Back then we called it shell shock.
Turns out he got shell shock after fighting overseas.
I am wondering if you still do not believe in shell shock.
Push through the daily shell shock of life together.

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Along with hundreds of soldiers with shell shock.
And rousting me out of my shell shock was her final trick.
Shell shock syndrome.
They call it shell shock.
He throws a private out of the regiment for showing signs of shell shock.
This is not shell shock.
Blowing your own conch horn will give you nothing but shell shock.
Classic shell shock.
A lot of soldiers came back from the war with shell shock.
Severe shell shock.
Also a term for one who has shell shock.
He was a shell shock case.
There are a number of documented cases of shell shock victims.
Maybe shell shock.
Dog bites can put the victim into a state of shell shock.
Must be shell shock.
When he came home his health had been compromised and he suffered from shell shock.
Your father suffered severe shell shock in the war.
He reached the rank of Captain before being invalided out because of severe shell shock.
One of them shell shock cases sent to America.
I got a bit of shell shock.
His shell shock is quite severe He is emotionally unstable Still unnerved from the trauma.
Suffering from shell shock.
Shell shock was the reaction of soldiers in World War I to the trauma of battle.
You will be the first soldier to suffer from shell shock before you leave base.
His shell shock got a lot worse and his behaviour was so unpredictable, especially round strangers.
Conversion disorder resulting from war experience has also been called shell shock or battle fatigue.
People called it shell shock in the Great War.
I am afraid I suffer from what is known in the trenches as shell shock.
He got a pretty bad case of shell shock during the Winter War.
Sometimes wonder if I have got a touch of the old shell shock.
They called it shell shock in the First World War.
I think it was called Shell Shock.
I have seen shell shock before, you know.
In the First World War that condition was called shell shock.

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