As they stepped down from the train, they trod on shattered glass and heard the news.
He worked on shattered morale, on developing an all-volunteer army, on ways to reduce casualties from friendly fire.
She was flying through the early miles, ignoring all cautionary tales of the toll the course can take, seemingly intent on shattering the course record.
The London Underground knows better than most the impossibility of deterring those who come armed with explosive and nails, intent on shattering society's surface calm.
· Sunday, 9pm, ITV1 Film The Pianist Roman Polanski's intense, Oscar-winning biopic, following the wartime experiences of Polish musician Wladyslaw Szpilman, with Adrien Brody on shattering form.
Across the square, in the White Cube gallery, hang another three, more grandiose works; upstairs, a lead submarine flounders on shattered concrete.
Further, he contests the notion that modern architects were latter-day Vandals, intent on shattering the cultural continuity of regional and urban life.
It's the specialty of Kurek Ashley, an American who tutored Cook in various acts of derring-do, like walking on shattered glass and hot coals.
