In the last few weeks she got her third rude shock.

I can't tell you the number of people who went into teaching thinking it was easy and then were in for a rude shock.

They, however, received a rude shock when many of them were defeated by huge margins.

"Tell me how they typically react when one rude shock is followed by several more."

His had been a long marriage, and having it end was a rude unhappy shock.

His hope received a rude shock when he reached the great hallway on the lower floor.

This will come as a rude shock for staff and residents.

"And that's why you're going to have a rude shock when people vote."

For many of these parents, the new tests were a very rude shock.

They are in for a rude shock when the horse goes missing.