Sentence examples for the shattering from inspiring English sources
verb
To violently break something into pieces.
- The miners used dynamite to shatter rocks.
And its fall was the Vietnam War: the shattering of the foreign-policy establishment and the shattering of Washington society were one and the same thing.
We calculate the shattering processes in the same way as in H10 by solving the shattering equation.
The single non-shattering weed (MXSH_1B06) shows a different time course as the shattering weeds.
Our results show that the shattering trait in U.S. weedy rice has a distinct mechanistic basis from that of the shattering wild ancestor of rice, consistent with the re-evolution of this trait in weedy groups from domesticated ancestors.
But it does not need to be the case that Pam's throw raised the probability of the shattering — if Bob is a more reliable vandal, then Pam's throw might even have made the shattering less likely.
The shattering blow came in February.
A novel about the shattering of a bright suburban idyll.
It's theater as Russian roulette, waiting for the shattering noise.
The shattering of taboos and upending of traditions is widespread.
"It was like the shattering of the dream".
The shattering of illusions was the least of their problems.
