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shocked, doesn't know what to say and is in horror

it is for my story this is the sentence leading to it because he sees his dad lying ...dead on the floor
“Dad?…” I just stood there , saying nothing and doing nothing. He was lying on the floor with bottles of vodka round him and not moving an inch…. He was dead.

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Asked in english original writing asked on: 04/22/2007 06:05pm

closed on: 04/23/2007 05:46pm

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10 minutes after the question was opened (04/22/2007 06:15pm)

If you are looking for a word to use instead of 'shocked', try stunned. If not, how about horrified, appalled or tramatised? I think that this question might be de-activated if you don't put an actual question into it, so you might want to add a supplement which makes it clearer.

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36 minutes after the question was opened (04/22/2007 06:41pm)

gobsmacked?
horrified?

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3 hours after the question was opened (04/22/2007 08:37pm)

Don't know if you're looking for something like this:

"For a moment I felt as if my whole body was paralysed. I felt a cold sweat break out on my forehead and the movement that had been denied me before suddenly returned as I dropped to my knees and extended a shaking hand towards his neck, hoping against hope to feel a pulse."

Okay I know it's a bit cheesey, (several pounds of Camembert, in fact) but it might help you. At least now you know what not to write.

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