Sentence examples for aimed at shattering from inspiring English sources

"His media strategy as mayor of Béziers relies on polemics aimed at shattering the politically correct consensus on secularism, immigration, and even the poor".

"It had two components: Aggressive, coordinated oversight, and targeted legislative strikes aimed at shattering the legislative coalition the president has used to force his law on the nation.

The viewer need not share the juror's obligation of impartiality, but details of the case were revealed in a manner aimed at shattering any preconceptions you might hold.

Like Richard Ben Cramer's memorably unflattering biography of Joe ­DiMaggio, this book too is aimed at shattering the popular perception of a Yankee great, only instead of demythologizing his subject, Barra aims to elevate Yogi to baseball immortality — and then hoist him a few notches higher.

The grant, Mr. Gates said, also aims at shattering public and scientific complacency about the largely ignored diseases of the third world, and at shifting the priority of research on health problems affecting the four billion people living in poor countries, two-thirds of the world's population.

Insanity Max:30, from the diabolical Shaun T, aims at shattering this mindset, demanding that you go as hard as you can for as long as you can; when you take your first unscheduled break, you write down how long you lasted.

Menstrupedia, a website run by four Indians, aims at "shattering myths and understandings surrounding menstruation" and features comic books and succinct guides on puberty, menstruation and hygiene management.

Later the crackle of gunshots aimed at a Jewish enclave shattered the eerie stillness of the curfew zone, followed by the thumps of an Israeli heavy machine gun returning fire.

In other words, the use of N07's results for the initial condition is aimed at investigating the important role of shattering in the production of small grains from large grains.

In 1984, with socialist François Mitterand in power, a massive turnout of voters managed to shatter an educational reform aimed at bringing religious schools into line with their public counterparts.

Shaken by scandal, driven by remorse and public anger, the nation's Roman Catholic bishops adopted tough new guidelines in Dallas last summer aimed at ridding the church of sexually abusive priests and restoring the shattered confidence of their parishioners.