shattering
Example Sentences
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Servite won the boys 4x100 in 39.73, shattering Hawthorne’s 38-year-old meet record of 40.24.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
He said that, as it had been a Sunday morning, his family had been asleep when the blast occurred, shattering all his windows.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Relationships with a seal, an elephant and a rhino, for example — obsessive, protective, loving friendships — all seemed to end if not in outright tragedy, then in shattering heartbreak.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
It is a measure of Ramsey's character that he could recover from such shattering setbacks to scale such soaring heights.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
A framed picture fell to the floor at the other end of the room, the glass front shattering.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
