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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a mild shock" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small or gentle surprise or jolt, either physically or emotionally.
Example: "The sudden news of her promotion was a mild shock, but she quickly regained her composure."
Alternatives: "a slight surprise" or "a gentle jolt."
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It would be a mild shock if South Africa win.
In this study, mice learned that a certain sound preceded a mild shock to one foot.
Rats learned to walk around a plate that gave them a mild shock.
No. 1-seeded Texas is no surprise, No. 7 Michigan State is a mild shock.
To Bernanke, the political dimensions of the job came as a mild shock.
Otherwise, it will give you a mild shock that can be disconcerting.
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POCANTICO HILLS, N.Y., Aug. 13 — Eleven-year-old Cynthia Cabreja, nearly overwhelmed by an enormous red backpack, stared coolly over a mild-shock electric fence at several dozen frolicking baby piglets, many of them suckling furiously at the engorged udders of the three giant sows that had birthed them.
All three of us watched from a safe distance as his face registered a look of mild shock when the flavors landed on his tongue.
You close the book in a state of mild shock.
Gail and Jack had lived in a state of mild shock since the day Marc was born.
Mr. O'Neill professes he left Mr. Cheney's office "in a state of mild shock".
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