Shell shock is now acknowledged to belong to this group.
That word "cold" is as unfortunate as "shell shock.
Its frequence can be very well judged from the fact that one third of all the dismissions from the British army, not counting the wounded, was for "shell shock", which of course should be called by its proper name of major hysteria.
There were four times as many "shell shock" cases among the officers of the British army in proportion to their number as there were among the privates.
For if it isn't shell shock, it's something worse.
Why," said Dick, that innocent gaze still upon him, "shell shock.
It makes no difference whether the cause is shell shock or something else, the fact remains that my mind does not work properly--I do things without knowing or remembering what I do.
I have been suffering from nervous disturbances caused by shell shock, and I am on the road to recovery.
Owen thinks my trouble is shell shock, but he is mistaken.
Consider what was conscious and what unconscious in the following case of "shell shock": A sharpshooter had a certain peekhole in the front of the trench through which he was accustomed to take aim at the enemy.
The officer suffering from nervous war strain, or "shell shock", often had nightmares in which he was attacked and worsted by the enemy.
The condition developed in a young soldier as the result of a fall from a horse and his affection resembled very much some of the neuroses that came to be called, unfortunately, "shell shock" during the present war.
Shell shock" experiences have shown us that the intellect is largely the source of unfavorable suggestion.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shell shock" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
