Sentence examples for shatter open from inspiring English sources

SecureWorks came along in April 2016 and was to be the metaphorical hammer that would shatter open the IPO window.

It's not clear whether Infinity Ward anticipated the boycott of Steamworks, but considering the game is on pace to shatter opening day and opening week sales records it would not be a surprise if Infinity Ward chose to snub the online retailers in the margins.

Early domestication of sorghum was associated with changing the small-seeded, shattering open panicles towards larger, non-shattering seeds and more compact panicles.

And a Monday special of "crispy rabbit" ($28) that matched its description exactly: its dark, almost burned crust shattering open to reveal meat of nondescript flavor.

With the advent of a number of cable channels interested in soccer, not to mention a berth in the Concacaf Champions League to the winner (and a shot at playing in the FIFA Club World Cup), M.L.S. teams were all-in and the reborn Seattle Sounders shattered Open Cup attendance records that stood since the 1920s.

8.    "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" shattered opening weekend box-office records in North America pulling in $238 million £1588 million).

How could that not apply to the chairman and CEO on whose watch the very reputation of the company was shattered, opening it up to perhaps billions of dollars in civil judgments and redoubled scrutiny by banking regulators?

So the transrealist author who creates a detailed and realistic depiction of American high-school life will then shatter it open with the discovery of an alien flying saucer that confers super-powers on an otherwise ordinary young man.