Sentence examples for smashing the record from inspiring English sources

Consolidated Edison said power consumption by its customers had reached 13,189 megawatts, the highest level in the city's history, smashing the record set on Aug. 2, 2006.

They finished up with 13 of the 27 races, smashing the record of ten set during the boom days of the Celtic Tiger.

A gold pocket watch made by Patek Philippe for a New York banker in the 1930s fetched 23.2m Swiss francs (£15m) at auction on Tuesday, smashing the record for a timepiece it previously set 15 years ago, Sotheby's said.

Newman, on the other hand, cranks the dialogue as determinedly as Fiona Hampton's manic Amanda winds up the gramophone before smashing the record to splinters over her ex-husband's head.

For the year through June, BHP Billiton earned $10.45 billion (in American dollars), smashing the record of $6.4 billion it set last year.

The Disney release took $200m £123mm) over the weekend, smashing the record set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 in July 2011.

Having done so, he smashed the record for the 200m T42 at the European Championships in July.

The new James Bond book Devil May Care has smashed the record for Penguin's fastest-selling hardback fiction title.

Several of his subsequent climbs have already given him age records, including an ascent of the K2 mountain at 65, which smashed the record by 11 years.

If Chelsea were to secure the deal it would smash the record British transfer fee of £34m paid by Manchester City for Robinho.

Beluga Monarch Assurance shot across the finish line at James Bay, St . Helena Island yesterday to smash the record for the 1,695-nautical-mile 1,695-nautical-mile 1,695-nautical-mile