Examples of 'shell-shocked' in a sentence
Meaning of "shell-shocked"
shell-shocked (verb) - The term shell-shocked is used to describe a state of psychological trauma or distress resulting from exposure to warfare or extreme stress. It originated from World War I to depict the impact of explosions on soldiers
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- Stunned or mentally unbalanced by prolonged stress such as experienced in combat or under fire (shell-fire); suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Confused as a result of a traumatic experience.
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If anybody should be shell-shocked about this.
Maybe shell-shocked is a good word for it.
The delusional ravings of a shell-shocked soldier.
Shell-shocked after shipping three goals within.
Still a little shell-shocked you included me.
Most have lost limbs or are shell-shocked.
He tried to save shell-shocked soldiers from execution.
It left traders and investors shell-shocked.
I really feel shell-shocked about it because there is no truth to it.
But then we were both shell-shocked by loss.
The shell-shocked peasants quietly smoke their pipes.
My precious mother had a shell-shocked expression.
I am just a shell-shocked old crank who had a change of heart.
Most of these girls show up pretty shell-shocked.
The goldsmith was shell-shocked and did not know what to do.
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Everyone was kind of a little shell-shocked.
He slaps shell-shocked soldiers and curses them for cowards.
We are all still pretty shell-shocked around here.
I remember getting out of my truck feeling sort of shell-shocked.
A third possibility is a shell-shocked disorientation.
They described feeling a mixture of relief and shell-shocked.
Lots of soldiers who were shell-shocked recovered enough.
Our shell-shocked military instructor was after her too.
You see people who are really shell-shocked.
Some of the soldiers were shell-shocked because of the constant bombing.
He was wounded several times and also shell-shocked.
And why slapping a shell-shocked soldier as a malingerer is never never permissible!
I keep forgetting your guy here is shell-shocked.
But this one was too shell-shocked to have gone through with it.
Are you saying these men are not shell-shocked.
We are just all shell-shocked by what we have seen the last few weeks.
Hitler became more authoritarian and shell-shocked.
Your players should be utterly shell-shocked by the time they finish this.
Open it carefully so she will not be shell-shocked.
He was shell-shocked and withdrawn, and we had not even gotten to the core issues.
Showed up while we were all still shell-shocked.
A shell-shocked winners enclosure here at Newbury.
I got other letters from shell-shocked parents.
Ever since you saw that murdered girl, you have been acting as if you are shell-shocked.
Let us not forget the shell-shocked comrades.
When the world at large learns the full story, all peoples will be shell-shocked.
They were both a little shell-shocked and no help.
The captain must have talked the family into hari-kiri but this one was too shell-shocked.
I am huddled in the front room with some shell-shocked friends, watching my city burn.
At a count centre in Dublin, Labour campaigners looked nothing short of shell-shocked.
Lots of soldiers who were shell-shocked recovered enough to be sent back to the Front.
Several guards were wounded and shell-shocked.
The snowflakes were shell-shocked with tears in their eyes, The media lied to them.
I belong in the field hospital with the shell-shocked.
I am feeling a little shell-shocked over the attention I have gotten, to say the least.
