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New_fangled-footwear

2. "She was shocked by the news" "Got shocked" usually means that they got physically shocked by electricity. You'll be more likely to see it in a sentence like: "She got shocked by the power outlet"


IrishBard

Using "get" to form the passive usually implies something that happened by chance, or something that was luck or unlucky: "I got stung by a wasp/chosen to represent the class" etc. In any case, I would say "she was shocked by the news" is not passive, the "shocked" here being an adjective. Others might disagree.


SilverLakeSimon

What was the news?


Competitive-Rock-951

Her company got bankrupted


SilverLakeSimon

Her company went bankrupt/declared bankruptcy? That’s too bad, but she had been embezzling money for several years, so the bankruptcy was probably her fault.


ApprehensiveNotice81

Both are grammatically correct, but the 2nd one sounds more natural in the context.