Sentence examples for but does not shatter from inspiring English sources

The Do Break porcelain and rubber vase ($150 ,inset) cracks but does not shatter if it hits the floor.

Another is requiring that the display windows of stores be made of glass laminated like automotive windshields, which can break but does not shatter and form potentially lethal shards.

This fractured panels made of UHPC, but did not shatter them.

The Clinton administration's rejection of Mr. Koch-Weser and its decision not to throw support behind Mr. Fischer -- a combination one observer called a "half-pregnant" assertion of American power -- shook that tradition but did not shatter it.

Never heat cold glass, but slightly warmed glass so that it does not shatter.

Fiscal discipline is fine but it must be administered gradually and in a way that does not shatter our fragile economy and the livelihood of Americans today.

Wood does not wound or break down; it does not shatter, it wears out, it can last a long time".

Mr. Hazelton takes a sledgehammer to the car's windshield, for instance, to demonstrate that although it can be broken, the safety glass does not shatter into pieces.

His party can get away with fact-denial — in global warming's case — and win cable-television arguments about FEMA, so long as something like a major news event, e.g., reality, does not shatter the picture.

To understand this, consider the properties of plastic that make it so attractive: it is durable, flexible, it does not shatter, it can breathe (or not) and it is extremely lightweight.

It all creates a terrifying soundscape, and at night we lie in our beds hoping that the bombs do not drop on our houses, that glass does not shatter onto our children's beds.