The phrase "a degree of shock" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a certain level or extent of surprise or disbelief in a situation.
Example: "After hearing the unexpected news, there was a degree of shock among the attendees."
Alternatives: "a level of surprise" or "a measure of astonishment."
A degree of shock, in such circumstances, is not unusual.
The FitFlop is said to produce a similar effect to walking barefoot, but with a degree of shock absorption.
They've come to enjoy a degree of shock absorption from the bumps of fate that places like the United States cannot offer.
I saw none of the overwhelming poverty and crowding which make a degree of shock a virtual condition of Indian travel, and my interaction with people was easy and equal.
When both failed to show at the Grammy awards ceremony, rumours spread that the couple had rowed, but the news that he'd attacked her and been arrested sent the country into a degree of shock that's hard to fathom without understanding the full cultural significance of both stars to many Americans.
Abrams mounts one or two set pieces that pack a degree of shock'n'awe, including a skydive from space (surely borrowed from Point Break) and a scary sequence in which Kirk is chased across Arctic terrain by a sort of GM walrus.
"Having made an informed choice to get a Ph.D. based on my experience in the MA program, I have been much happier than most doctoral students, who invariably had to overcome a degree of initial shock or later found out that they had chosen a program ill-suited to their interests," Byung Soo said.
"It was a little degree of shock," she said.
"The patients were in a serious degree of shock," he said.
Series Elastic Actuation is employed at each degree of freedom, allowing for accurate application of torques and a high degree of shock tolerance.
The mare basalts MIL 05035 and NWA 2977 experienced a similar degree of shock metamorphism (refer to SI), but apatite in MIL 05035 has much lower δ37Cl than that of NWA 2977 (Table 1).
