Sentence examples for shattered in front of from inspiring English sources

When Moses finds his life's work shattered in front of him he turns back and retraces his steps up that steep mountain.

When he loses his balance and falls, shattering in front of the king, neither horses nor men can unscramble the pieces.

I think the challenge with Grimes is finding the way into the darkest parts of the character - be they the brutal parts or the broken parts - those parts of him that literally just shatter in front of your eyes when he goes to pieces at the end of the opera.

But the night before, a group of bored children had shattered glass in front of Mr. Westvind's three row houses with their painterly trim.

Our eyes have seen homes blown apart, people's faces fall as their lives shatter in front of them, the dirty realities of politics and the superficiality of some relationships.

"Following protocol and being polite are the most important aspects of Japanese culture since time immemorial and she has shattered that virtue in front of the whole world".

"I'd like to do something really earth shattering with David Bowie in front of the pyramids.

Oprah Winfrey shattered every barrier put in front of her.

He joined the town's mayor in laying a bouquet of white flowers in front of a shattered home near Natori's ravaged waterfront, and visited a community center that had served as a refugee center after the disaster.

When I was leaving one apartment, I turned and saw the children there on the chairs in front of the shattered wall; they seemed to perfectly sum up how families were living in the middle of the conflict.

That conclusion, though, offered little comfort to Catholics across Brooklyn, who since Sept. 26 have watched with consternation and sadness as the faces of statues have been shattered, their arms and hands torn off, in front of churches, convents, a Knights of Columbus hall and even a private house.