shatter
verb (used with object)
to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
was shattering
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past progressiveof shatter.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“West Side Story’s” impact as a stage play was as disturbing as it was shattering, and now everything has been magnified count less times in Panavision 70 and Technicolor on the big screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
Yet both men concluded the key was shattering a system of “caste and class,” rather than defining people by race.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2021
On Sunday, Signal tweeted that it was shattering traffic records, citing people disliking Facebook's new terms.
From Fox News ● Jan. 11, 2021
"I was sick with fear and sadness and it just felt like life was shattering all around me," she says.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2018
But now that she was trying to accomplish the task for the first time by herself, all her fragile hope was shattering.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
