shatter

Example Sentences

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Sharon Graham, Unite union general secretary, described the announcement as "shattering".

From BBC

The look in Jonah’s eyes belie it though, and it shatters me a little more, knowing that in choosing to put myself first, I’ve cemented Jonah’s inability to do the same.

From Literature

But stripped of his mask, he found that his courage had shattered.

From Literature

After a fall shatters his ankle, his stepchildren dump him with his daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal

He says events over the last five years have shattered key assumptions: that U.S.

From MarketWatch