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Eugenia
Dear friends, could you please tell me what preposission I should use with "to be shocked"? at/with?

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hi eugenia, you can say "to be shocked at" i was shocked at the news of his death "to be shocked that" i was shocked that such a thing could happen "to be shocked to" i was shocked to hear that he had lost his job or "to be shocked by (somebody or something)" ciao!!
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be shocked BY / AT something: I'm shocked by / at the violence. I'm truly shocked at / by your behaviour. I hope you were not shocked by / at what I said. I was quite shocked to see her behaving like that. I was shocked when I heard the news. They were shocked that the student cheated at the exam. Adjectives + BY / AT: shocked, alarmed, amazed, surprised, astonished, confused
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"SHOCKED WITH" In addition to Fede's list, you can also use "shocked WITH". "She was accidentally shocked with 6000 volts of electricity". "The police officer shocked the criminal with a Taser". (The criminal was shocked with a taser.)
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Hello Eugenia, There is no "to be shocked with something" . You can say: "to be shocked at something" or "to be shocked by something".
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... was shocked, ...another statement. ....was shocked when..... ....was shocked by....

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