He needn't have said anything; I was quite aware of the room's shocking state.

In short, sir, I know his condition, and he is in a shocking state.

"It was completely neglected," he says, "in a shocking state."

"This is a profoundly shocking state of affairs," it says.

They must prefer sitting round drinking bitter and talking about the shocking state the world has got itself into.

"The deck was in a shocking state," said the mate.

So they dug him up again (his trousers were in a really shocking state by now).

It's a shocking state of things when they won't be guided by their own Union officials.

Of course, he was in a shocking state, still beside himself with grief and anger.

Find out just what laid behind this new and shocking state of affairs!