1.   It shocked the nation when the king abdicated.

2.   The announcement shocked the nation, and many people hoped the murderers would be brought to justice.

3.   The entire nation has been shocked by the cold-blooded murder of the two girls.

4.   A Japanese manager shocked the nation when he committed hara-kiri in a protest of the corporate restructuring that is starting to take place across the country.

5.   Coming into this race, the Dutch skaters were all favored, even if Gianni Romme shocked his nation by not qualifying for his best event in December.

6.   Five trucks loaded with munitions exploded in Chechnya Sunday night, catching the Russian military by surprise and shocking the nation.

7.   Georgia shocked the nation when they came home with the NCAA Golf Championship last May.

8.   However, the case that shocked the nation and threw the city into its worst fit of racial tensions in over a decade was far from closed.

9.   It was a crime that shocked the nation and horrified the world.

10.   Ku Klux Klansman Robert Chambliss is the only person ever convicted in the bombing that shocked the nation.