Sentence examples for but shatter from inspiring English sources

These lessons could be grim — for example, when the men of the college pet a dog and then drown it to see how long it takes to die, or feed alley cats and then drop them from a scaffold to determine "the height from which cats no longer catch themselves, but shatter".

Engineers know that residual stresses left over after bending or heating glass change its properties in surprising ways Prince Rupert's drops (shown) can withstand a hammer blow to the head but shatter when snipped at the tail but they know little about how such stresses form or how they work.

But contact sports like soccer were a risky gamble due to the fact that if I were to get kicked in a similar place again, the bone would not just break but shatter into pieces around the rod inside my leg.

It is a rare movie that, if you think about it too deeply before watching, will not only meet your expectations but shatter any doubt that it can be pulled off, because it most certainly is pulled off to a T.

Today Mr. Arar appears a determined but shattered man.

Some intellectuals bemoan that the mirror has not only become remote and misted over, but shattered.

The scene of so much devastation was swept of all but shattered glass.

When her son is frankly cruel to her, and Mimi piles on, she all but shatters before our eyes.

It is straightforward in style but shattering in its depiction of the agonized relations between father, mother, and two sons.

That goal was no more than the Italians deserved and it all but shattered Liverpool's composure.

"Thirteen grand slams for a guy who is 27 years old is incredible," Djokovic said, stoic but shattered.