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Discover LudwigThe phrase "mild shock" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a slight or moderate level of surprise or disturbance in a situation.
Example: "The news of the sudden resignation came as a mild shock to the team, who had not anticipated such a change."
Alternatives: "slight surprise" or "minor astonishment."
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In each trial, the rats heard a brief buzzing sound followed by a short delay and then a mild shock to the eyelid.
All three of us watched from a safe distance as his face registered a look of mild shock when the flavors landed on his tongue.
Let mild shock be unconfined.
You close the book in a state of mild shock.
It would be a mild shock if South Africa win.
With mild shock, he found it to be "spectacular".
Rats learned to walk around a plate that gave them a mild shock.
This exhibition suspends the viewer between two attitudes: mild shock and respectfulness for the women's assertiveness.
Mr. O'Neill professes he left Mr. Cheney's office "in a state of mild shock".
"Who is that?" people kept asking, in a state of mild shock.
No. 1-seeded Texas is no surprise, No. 7 Michigan State is a mild shock.
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