Sentence examples for shatter under from inspiring English sources

But is Saddam's Iraq a rotten edifice destined to shatter under the first mighty blow?

Its development was promoted by the production of a heavy, colourless crystal glass that did not easily shatter under carving.

Glass vessels and windows shatter under impact, and glazes can crack from thermal shock or pressure from salts crystallizing between the glaze and the underlying ceramic body.

Comic characters, Updike writes in an essay about humor, are "rubbery," with the ability to bounce back, whereas tragic ones tend to be brittle and stony and fated to "irrevocably shatter" under pressure.

The Danes are gradually opening up their borders, but there's an unspoken fear among many that this perfect society, which functions so efficiently because of universal high taxes, might shatter under the strain of an influx of immigrants.

The continuity of the process also means that Clip produces much stronger objects than the slate-like structure of objects printed in layers, which can be sturdy in one direction, but will shatter under force in the other.

Behind her some kind of skyscraper is shattering under the influence of beams of cosmic energy.

Often an injured leg shatters under the stress of racing, with horses crippled and destroyed.

But Argentina's consensus on the gravity of dictatorship-era crimes has suddenly shattered under centre-right President Mauricio Macri.

For a moment I entertained a vision of my rod shattering under this immense pressure, shards of splintered graphite piercing my carotid artery.

The pastry under the apple galette shattered under the fork -- all the better to combine with the accompanying mascarpone sorbet and bourbon caramel.