Sentence examples for try to shatter from inspiring English sources

The idea is to use a time-based art to try to shatter time, to sing against it.

Or perhaps it was someone who saw a reflection of the human spirit and decided just to try to shatter it.

I explained why I care about the race and noted that, when we find the perpetrator, we may find "someone who saw a reflection of the human spirit and decided just to try to shatter it".

His preparation for the London Games has been complicated by foot problems, disappointing tuneup races and an acknowledgment that his initial training strategy — to try to shatter the world record — did not work.

Although the American military is famous for its high-technology precision weapons, the Pentagon has relied on some of its oldest arms to attack Taliban ground forces and try to shatter their will to fight.

A giant solar-powered wing of ultralight materials will soon try to shatter the altitude record for propeller and jet-powered aircraft by cruising in air as thin as that found on Mars.

She sees no gain in trying to shatter the culture.

So we thought we could count on the Scientologists trying to "shatter" me.

Mr Gosse last night said, "We're trying to shatter the taboo that says women can't date younger men.

Miranda was the only character on the show trying to shatter a corporate glass ceiling while also nursing a baby.

J. P. Morgan Chase executives are trying to shatter this notion that only a few firms can be trusted to sell stock or help plan an acquisition.