Sentence examples for a shattering effect from inspiring English sources

Around high tide, the power of a storm wave impacting on the foot of a cliff has a shattering effect as air in cracks and crevices is compressed and then expands rapidly with release of pressure.

Still, her mad scene makes a shattering effect.

This defeat had a shattering effect on the plans of Chancellor Kohl to proceed with a parallel vote on the election procedures law in the Bonn Parliament.

Accounts of cash donations in paper bags and payments from secret Swiss accounts have had a shattering effect on the party.

"Ah, Wilderness!," ironically, I could take or leave, but the other two plays had a shattering effect on my young mind.

Such alliances in countries like Germany or France would have a shattering effect on the broad thrust of postwar politics, threatening further moves toward European integration.

Benn's diaries for 1940 to 1962, published as Years of Hope (1994), record his life in Africa, his training as a pilot, the shattering effect of the death of his brother Michael while he was there, his journey on to Egypt, where his war ended after he had got his wings.

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The novel culminates with the shattering effect of Asher's masterpiece, a painting titled Brooklyn Crucifixion.

A professional boyfriend moulded in his partner's image then chucked to the floor with shattering effect.

The players seemed to be ripping the sound from their instruments to shattering effect.