The shock of discovering that I had been living with a total stranger for eight years took a while to sink in.

This little shock of pure citrus took me by surprise.

At twenty-five minutes past eight a second shock took place, this time from behind.

This, he realized, might be the particular form that shock took with him.

The shock of the morning had taken its toll in exhaustion, he noted.

The shock of seeing Matthew standing there took her breath away.

After that, the cold and the shock will take the first of us.

The laughter in her eyes died as shock took its place.

The shock of what he saw took a few seconds to sink in.

Then, as the springs and shocks take hold, they begin to tug the building back.