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be shell-shocked
verb
Alternative spelling of shell shock
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You won't just be shell-shocked.
The family of Love, from Stradishall in Suffolk, was said to be "shell-shocked" and "overwhelmed" at the allegations.
Is TastingRoom.com an idea that can expand "intergalactically?" And how should it woo investors who may still be shell-shocked from the misadventures of other online wine retailers?
It is not surprising that aides would be "shell-shocked," as the Daily Beast put it, over President Obama's horrendous performance at the debate.
Jonathan Galassi, CEO of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, a poet, translator and seasoned man of letters, with a distinguished track record of editorial excellence, has declared himself to be "shell-shocked" by this decision.
There are times, when he describes with calm detachment devoid of fury the corpses littering the streets of the ghetto and the daily public executions, that you feel he may still be shell-shocked.
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"I was shell-shocked.
Ireland were shell-shocked.
The Brazilians are shell-shocked.
"I was shell-shocked… fried".
I was shell-shocked the next day.
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