Example Sentences

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She argued that "one person's phone going off shatters that for everybody" and so disrupting the experience is "an act of extreme selfishness".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Read: Oil shatters $100 ceiling, hitting levels not seen since 2022 as Iran conflict escalates.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

But gone too is a sense that we understand each other’s pasts, and Nicole’s understanding of Birdie shatters into a mess of devotion and anger.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

For smaller smartphone makers with thinner profit margins, the uptick in memory costs shatters the notion that component costs fall over time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

I know it’s caged for protection—so no truck-driving supplier tosses a box into the corner and shatters the bulb.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King