The phrase "a shocking example" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a specific instance that is surprising or disturbing, often in a negative context.
Example: "The report highlighted a shocking example of corporate negligence that led to serious consequences for the community."
Alternatives: "an alarming instance" or "a startling case".
Bamian and the places nearby are a shocking example.
It was a shocking example of politicians dictating a prosecutorial decision.
"David's case is a shocking example of police brutality and totally unacceptable".
A shocking example of how to insult the paying spectator by allowing political agendas to dominate.
Drake had discovered a shocking example while researching his postmortem report on the September 11 attacks.
That mistake cost taxpayers £74 million - a "shocking example of incompetence" according to Public Accounts committee chairwoman Margaret Hodge.
In a 13-page claim form seen by MediaGuardian, lawyers for Serrano said the column falsely portrays the medical professional as "a particularly shocking example of foreign doctors working in the NHS who, for reasons deriving from their being foreign, are seriously incompetent, inadequate or otherwise unacceptable".
IPCC commissioner Cindy Butts said: "The death of Hamzah Khan was a truly shocking example of the most cruel neglect imaginable and at the heart of it lies the loss of a young life.
Car manufacturing is a proud pillar of the western world's industrial history, but the hollowing out of Detroit as a city and an economic force is just the most shocking example of a decline that has afflicted automotive superpowers such as the US, the UK, France and now Australia, where Toyota will close all of its factories by 2017.
The opposition has spent a fortune trying to persuade foreign opinion of this.A shocking example of misrule came with the release on September 19th of videos showing rape and beatings in prisons.
