shatter
Example Sentences
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The hostilities “threatened to shatter the ‘no-war-no-peace’ situation,” that has existed since the end of the Tigray war, Oxford Analytica’s senior Africa analyst Matt Ward said in February.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Time and again, Garbus and her experts’ perspectives responsibly remind us that we’re watching a father shatter the bonds between his children.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
If the ice is too cold, it could shatter on impact.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
So AI knows how not to shatter a child’s imagination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
I’m about to dive in, shatter the perfect mirror beneath me, when my phone chimes his chime, and the relaxed confidence I was enjoying rushes out of me, like water rushing from a broken dam.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Vocabulary lists containing shatter
Lesson 11
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