The phrase "at the shock" is not commonly used in written English and may not convey a clear meaning without additional context.
It could potentially be used in a context discussing reactions to an unexpected event or situation, but it is not standard.
Example: "She gasped at the shock of the news, unable to process what she had just heard."
Alternatives: "in response to the shock" or "upon the shock".
"But… I can only guess at the shock they've undergone.
"They look at the shock troops of the religious right, and they think, 'How can we tap into that power?
I've heard audiences gasp at turns of plot, at a location conjured by actors, at the shock of a truth being spoken, at the audacity of a moment.
They stripped and jumped in, shouting and cursing at the shock of the frigid water, then they dried, lying side by side, shivering on the sun-warmed rock.
Fainting at the shock of the news that her father was alive, Francie was revived by the man and, clutching the box of her mother's remains, she left the mortuary.
The five main French unions organised around 100 protests across the country on Wednesday to protest at the "shock treatments" being meted out to workers, especially those in Greece, Spain and Portugal.
Suzie stepped in, tottered at the shock of cold, forged on up to her knees, then with a shriek plunged and swam the crawl with strong strokes into the glittering path.
Thanks, bye! Olympic and World Champion cyclist Victoria Pendleton and Spice Girl Melanie C will both be leading their own triathlon relay teams at the Shock Absorber WomenOnly Triathlon on Sunday 13 July.
Brace yourself for the delivery of a new replicant, not born as a baby but slithering out from a plastic sheath as an instant adult, slimy with fabricated vernix and quaking at the shock of being alive.
Early next year more trials are planned at the Shock Trauma Centre, part of the University of Maryland Medical System.Dr Tisherman's EPR process, developed with the help of $800,000 from the Department of Defence, is mostly about resurrection.
If he takes David Haye's WBA heavyweight title from him at the MEN Arena on Saturday night, he will wonder at the shock on the faces of the 20,000 present – because he has been telling us it would be so not just for weeks but years.
