shatter
verb (used with object)
to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
were 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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By the time he evacuated, his porch was on fire, and the windows were shattering as 40-foot-tall flames whipped through his sparsely populated mountain community of Indian Falls.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2021
Back in the 1970s, Wilson said, when she and her sister Nancy were shattering rock’s glass ceiling with Heart, the industry was more competitive and bands were treated as disposable.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2021
“He said the doors were falling off, windows were shattering in, and it was rocking back and forth,” McGowen said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2017
He looked up and the windows all around him were shattering.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2014
Fury had swung her aft catapult to fire back at the city, but she lacked the range; the barrels of pitch were shattering under the walls.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
