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The phrase "a profound shock" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a deep or intense emotional reaction to an unexpected event or situation.
Example: "The news of the sudden passing of her friend was a profound shock that left her in disbelief."
Alternatives: "a deep shock" or "an intense shock".
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"Much of what they said came as a profound shock to me," she recalls.
The discovery and publication of the Tripoli documents came as a profound shock to MI6.
After so many years of plenty, the global recession has come as a profound shock.
It's hard to overstate what a profound shock the Motorola deal was to Google's Android licensees.
But for a small Western force to invade one of the heartlands of Islam was a profound shock.
"Enron is a profound shock to the system because the fundamental causes are pervasive in the economy".
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The loss of that expedition produced a reaction of profound shock and resulted in a 12-year search that contributed tremendously to geographic knowledge.
After surviving a horrific morning school bus crash caused by a freak hailstorm, Dean Grieder, a high school junior who is the book's narrator, and 13 other surviving children find themselves in a state of profound shock, forced to organize a makeshift community within Greenway's Walmart-like walls.
Newby et al. describe the successful treatment of a patient with an ACEi overdose and profound shock, using an ATII infusion [ 11].
For several months I was in a state of profound shock and trauma.
A deep sadness and profound shock rocked the community, thousands of people that considered the podcast the debauchery, the recovery, the banter and Chris's laugh an important piece of their own recovery.
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