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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a shock of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a sudden or intense experience, often in relation to hair or an unexpected event.
Example: "She walked into the room with a shock of bright red hair that turned everyone's heads."
Alternatives: "a burst of" or "a jolt of".
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A shock of relief?
She felt a shock of recognition.
A shock of yellow forsythia blazed nearby.
Anything else would have been a shock of seismic proportions.
Reading Renault's books, I felt a shock of recognition.
The sight of the river brings a shock of tears.
Fisher has a shock of strawberry-blond hair.
On reading Yudkin's introduction, he felt a shock of recognition.
"It's like a balm or a shock of recognition".
"This is just a shock of color," she said.
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"This was definitely a shock, the shock of my life".
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