The children who had just lost their last parent had a more immediate shock to bear.

The low voice brought an immediate shock of recognition.

There was an immediate dual shock: the cold and the sting.

But after the immediate shock had passed, she was furious.

"Did he seem surprised after the immediate shock had worn off?"

In the immediate shock, there was some feeling that the fair should be abandoned.

We feared some immediate shock, as we did in 1974 during that oil crisis.

But the prospect of immediate shocks in the markets is only the first of many worries.

In his immediate shock he had actually feared that somehow something had gone terribly wrong.

They would have probably got over the immediate shock by the time Glendenning and the scene-of-crime team had finished.