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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Cool and tangy yogurt, fruit that tastes unmistakably like itself, crunch that shatters and then yields.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Whether the Fed supports or shatters that perception depends on what it says, not what it does.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

Celia’s brow furrows over her dark eyes and the watch shatters, gears spilling out into the air.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern