| 单词 | shatter |
| 例句 | A spray of bullets had caught the car full on the driver’s side, shattering the front tire, smashing the windshield and side windows, and punching into the side panels. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But now that she was trying to accomplish the task for the first time by herself, all her fragile hope was shattering. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z From the kitchen, we can hear the windows groan, shatter. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The train cars had fallen over, and their roofs had shattered. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In such circumstances the conviction that there was no new knowledge to be had might bow and crack, but it would not quite shatter. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She stopped entertaining guests or attending church; it was as if the murders had shattered even her faith in God. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Clytius roared so loudly that a half dozen stelae fell from the ceiling and shattered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Actually, only four were left, because when that first crate crashed against the rocks, the robot inside shattered to pieces. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The Fiat’s windows had shattered, sending brighter glass like frosting across the dark beach. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They were covered in a fine layer of webbing, like mesh holding together a shattered mirror. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There’s a deep rumble, and then a shattering crack. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Stroke after stroke he dealt, until at last all the web within his reach was shattered, and the upper portion blew and swayed like a loose veil in the incoming wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The booming voice of the stocky, dark-haired man shattered the intense quiet and made me jump. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Mama Ya-Ya’s Evening in Paris perfume crashes to the floor, shattering. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z One move, one word, and the egg will shatter and blow up the world. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I try to figure out which is more shattered—the window or Marv’s face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Then, while echoes ripped the air and a whirlwind screamed overhead, the cauldron split and shattered. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z High over this end of the island, the shattered rocks lifted up their stacks and chimneys. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It hit the bar top, chipped, and fell to the floor, where it shattered at his feet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was shattering how much I wanted someone there with me, but almost no one at all from Fullbrook. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z A man cannot realize that above such shattered bodies there are still human faces in which life goes its daily round. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Junito stomps his foot so hard, the earth about shatters beneath us. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It hits the wall but doesn’t shatter because it’s plastic. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The smoking, ruined villages, the broken pieces of brick in the street, the frozen corpses, the shattered walls, the upturned cars, the barking dogs, the scurrying rats and lice: how can they live like that? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Martyn Rivers had made his camp in the shell of a shattered holdfast, beside a roofless stable and a hundred fresh graves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It shattered, splitting from the fuselage with a loud rip. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z When Roosevelt failed to get reelected, he wasn’t just disappointed at losing—he was shattered. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z If this continues I will break apart, and maybe that would be better, maybe it would be better to shatter and bear nothing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Stanley felt the blast shatter the air around him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “The day has been filled . . . with talk about supers, single weapons capable of desolating a vast area,” Lilienthal recorded sourly, his earlier admiration for Lawrence shattered by the latter’s enthusiasm for this loathsome new weapon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z How, if I know all this, you may ask, could I hound him—shatter him again and again, drive him deeper and deeper into woe? Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Big trees shattered and fell from her path; the earth trembled. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Gerald thought she looked like one of those glass dolls that shatter when you drop them. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s because the Internet has shattered traditional business models and fractured the attention of the audience. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Two meters down with shattered pottery covering his eyes and his body shrouded in white linen. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Nothing but what you might expect: pink, tumbled boulders with guano layered on them like icing; and a steep slope up to the shattered rocks that crowned the bastion. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I thought of one bridge that could be used if and when the shattering disclosure should become public. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The animal reared, trumpeting, and plunged ahead, the press shattering before him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As soon as they carried off Mauricio Babilonia with his shattered spinal column, Fernanda had worked out the most minute details of a plan destined to wipe out all traces of the burden. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Leafmeal, Gram said the charmed folk called it, when the autumn leaves started to shatter into dust. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She felt like she might shatter into a million frozen pieces. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Like that Kool-Aid pitcher, we were shattered, and my parents couldn’t fix whatever was wrong. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Poles crashed down and calabashes shattered as she struggled to construct walls. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She follows my gaze to the lump of shattered plastic and metal on the floor beneath the window. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The ice shattered and fell to the ground, tinkling like pieces of falling stars. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Taran hunched his shoulders and fled, while earthenware shattered behind him. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The bottle shattered harmlessly far away with a brief and muted noise. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Titid alive, once again by miracle—alive, but badly shattered, and in hiding. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z First, they cleared my ear canal of scar tissue and bone fragments; it was then that they discovered my eardrum had been shattered. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “You may find that it’s rather distracting for people when all their windows shatter at once,” he says with a small smile. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The wind blew across the water, shattering the tips of the waves and shooting ice-sparklets north with the storm. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But High's ability to go mano a mano with blacks and Communists in the impending race war was called into question after he shattered his hand while attempting to break a piece of plywood, karate-style. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z And then I hear the sound of glass shattering, upstairs, and a chair scrapes across a wood floor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew that the galaxy itself could kill me, that all of me could be shattered and all of her legacy spilled upon the curb like bum wine. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z These teenagers, with their hormones, making out beneath a video broadcasting the shattered voice of a former father. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Syrio caught the thrust in the helmet and shattered the man's kneecap with his stick. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The glass doors at the drugstore shatter completely. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “What? Rack and shatter you, what do you want of me?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Light from the overhead fixture bounced off the shattered screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I had lived through the wildest hour where nobody did anything major to me, but their threats, near misses, and flying paper airplanes and pencils had shattered my nerves. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Out in the harbor, the jetty has been shattered in multiple places. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A few days after that, newspapers would appear throughout the world with photographs of the first American soldiers bludgeoning their way into the shattered city through rubble and smoke. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The collapsed school looked like a shattered skeleton rising up out of the earth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So there’s a lot of time spent shattering things that don’t matter, to throw them off the scent. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Thunder boomed as a fork of lightning shattered the night. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z At this point I’m too terrified to make one move because if I do, I think my whole body might shatter like broken glass. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Soon after the party returned to Chislehurst, however, Olmsted’s health degraded and insomnia again shattered his nights. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He lifted it high above his head, and the light shattered. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Dozens of glasses and bottles shattered where they stood. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Yet under the frail cage of those shattered ribs, his chest rose and fell with each shallow breath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Horned King’s blade lashed against the weapon and shattered it with a single blow. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The casing shattered, circuitry crunched, shrapnel tittered on the floor as the fifteen millimeter-thick calculator turned into a three millimeter-thick calculator. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He felt it fall, like the one long ago that had shattered his nose, only this one shattered his life. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The music dissolved into dreamy shattering of glass, like a thousand chimes blowing gently in the breeze. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She speaks about its shattered pieces, and the way it must go on beating, in spite of being wrecked. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The pendant bounced, shattering the mirror above him. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Here the glacier spills abruptly over the edge of a high plateau, dropping seaward through a gap between two mountains in a phantasmagoria of shattered ice. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When the arrangements for our move north were completed, she broke the shattering news that she was going back to Arkansas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The derelict bodies of the poor were found in abandoned houses, disfigured with disease’s scabs, swaddled in table-clothes and all the refinements of shattered luxury. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The ice shattered under BaiMa’s hooves, and Pinmei gasped as freezing water sprayed her, its coldness more startling than a slap. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I smell smoke twice, wince when glass shatters on the floor, and listen in on the other phone to his conversation with the turkey hotline lady. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She fell backward, and he followed and gripped her hair with his left hand, feeling no pain, feeling only an immense and shattering despair. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If she took a breath, the sound would shatter the silence. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Ms. Faraci regarded me like she was afraid I was going to shatter to pieces in front of her. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The crack of impact was shattering, thunderous; it echoed off the mountains — I immediately understood the necessity of the thunderstorm. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The clatter of the tiles spilling on the floor sounds like glass shattering. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He knew that any progress he might have made with his uncle, any trust he might have earned, had shattered along with the teacup. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I’m clutching my glass so hard it might shatter in my hand. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He shoved the wooden egg into the shattered knee of a black stocking. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A shard of glass can draw blood, but a fist can shatter it, too. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But she felt no response, and everything began to shatter into spots of white upon black. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She is so rigid, I think she might shatter. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Earlier in the night, she had done the same with the golden faranji, standing right beside him while he did furious work in a laboratory of spurting flames and shattered glass. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That meant as soon as the container shattered, the wide spill of oily liquid began to run off in two different directions, heading for two different drains. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He couldn’t touch her without shattering her, and so—as Lazlo had told Sarai—he had made peace with the impossible. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In fact, much more than glass was shattered that night. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Everything here feels wrong somehow, everything about this room—as if it’s all an illusion that will shatter if I reach out and touch it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It struck him dead, shattered the chariot, and made the maddened horses rush down into the sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At the moment my every waking hour is spent in helping some dedicated friends raise money for a bold and shattering movie that they are planning to film about an interracial marriage. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Bullets that would obliterate mortals shatter against her skin as she tears open the hull of the third bomber. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The silence between Cain and me stretches until I think it will fall and shatter on the ground. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The glass has shattered in multiple places, including in the area by the tennis court. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z With the second pop, I heard a windowpane shatter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It just about shattered every defense mechanism and every pretext I had against going to school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Trees shattered. There were giant colored butterflies. I fell in a pit of orange bubbles.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He seized a passing serving girl by the arm, knocking the flagon of wine out of her hands to shatter on the floor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Windows shattered, smoke poured in with a horrible smell. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dirty gray light, Barry saw jagged hunks of wood, shattered glass, a twisted bicycle, a refrigerator, a stuffed penguin, a mattress covered with a pink blanket. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z People squeezed into the gaps between abandoned vehicles or against shattered walls and doorways. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The porch was badly burned, and the house’s windows had shattered. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The glass is shattered in a star radiating from the corner of Scott’s eye, so it’s difficult to read his expression. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But when they experienced others’ violent deaths—both American and Vietnamese—their belief system shattered. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Then her gloved fist was coming at him and he knew if it struck him the bones in his face would shatter. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When the stillness shattered and his fury rushed at me, I would know that something I had done was the catalyst, the cause. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The mortar struck the glass, shattering it into thousands of glittering pieces. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It came untethered and crashed around with reckless abandon—burning, shattering, consuming. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The voice had sounded loud enough to shatter stone, and yet no one else looked concerned. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Idiptu, who had jumped off one second before impact, swung himself through the shattered windows. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Evidently, you could shatter Annette’s arm, but you couldn’t break her spirit. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Major General Horatio Wright, leading the 24,000 men in his Sixth Corps, charges first and shatters the right side of Lee’s line. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It was a lonely, lonely sound, but so clear, so beautiful that I tightened my arms against my sides to keep from shaking, perhaps shattering. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Being rescued from that shattered train had been the first miracle of his life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z More dead men: a long neat line of dead, like a shattered fence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The shattered pieces of my heart went cold. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z At last the shattered motor-car was driven out of the second hedge and stood sideways across the road, blocking the highway. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s as if in an instant, a painted window shatters, revealing the ugly world behind it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There are shattered mailboxes, cars that have jumped curbs into hedges, and the kind of random debris that one generally doesn’t find in a turnkey community like this one. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Behind us came the sound of screams, laughter; ahead the footfalls of the running boys, distant fire trucks, shooting, and in the quiet intervals, the steady filtering of shattered glass. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally had read about aircraft that shattered windows as they flew past, armored war vehicles that could drive straight through a house. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And as Lord Asriel tried to keep his footing on the broken rocks, something shattering happened to the back of his head. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z No. I felt like the ice itself, suddenly shattered, with cracks spiraling out from where she had touched my chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One man said to Israel Thomas, “How do I know it wasn’t Bill Creighton’s bullet that shattered my boy’s leg at Pea Ridge?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t feel bad about missing all the horrible stuff—the tributes, the look back at the shattered graduating class. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It is after all so easy to shatter a story. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I most certainly am not all right,” Celia says, and the bottle of ink shatters, raining ink over the papers and splattering Marco’s white shirtsleeves, falling into invisibility on his black vest. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Ollivander stared at the place where the shattered wand had vanished, and did not look away until Harry had taken from his pocket the two wands he had brought from the Malfoys’. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And sometimes that expense winds up being a shattered skull. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The glass shatters, the sound echoing through the room. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Even conservative track pundits were beginning to think that Louie might be the one to shatter precedent, and after Louie won every race in his senior season, their confidence was strengthened. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z And man, she went all shattered pixie on me then, fingers fluttering to her throat, staggering backwards, sagging against the door frame, all the energy that usually holds her up gone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It shattered into little pieces on the sand and water. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z And then some strange magnet was pulling our heads together, but just as our lips were about to touch, the quiet was shattered by terrified, bleating shrieks from the next room. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The new pain shattered my resolve, sent me scrambling away again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z One of the windows shattered, and then Billy appeared framed in it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z What remained of them was strewn about the road: shattered armor, ripped clothing, swords and spears broken in half. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The windows were shattered, the air hung with smoke, but by the bright light of Emma’s hand-flame we found our way to the study. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z You might think I felt betrayed, my childhood dreams of the University cruelly shattered. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Kuba went sprawling, and the pure white naked woman shattered on the sidewalk. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z One near Grandpa turned to ice, fell to the porch, and shattered. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A framed picture fell to the floor at the other end of the room, the glass front shattering. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Thin bubbles of ice form across these puddles overnight; we shatter them with the heels of our boots. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It had been quite a day; one that could not have been more shattering even if I had learned that the man whom I'd always called father was actually of no relation to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Kerns suffered a concussion and shattered a shoulder and both of his arms. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Dawn was breaking and pale ripples of light shimmered an the surface of the river, shattering under the poles and re-forming when the ferry had passed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Before they had gone half a mile, her cousin Quenton’s mare stumbled into a pit and shattered her foreleg. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At that moment, Hugo accidentally dropped the ice and the bottle of milk, which shattered loudly on the stone floor. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Shreds of mist hung over the shattered tower. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He stiffened as he picked up the shattered glass. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I feared the lightest touch might shatter him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Joseph took them both and splashed water into his mouth and the whole world exploded and he staggered into one of the stalls and shattered there until one of the teachers found him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z His shoulders were broad, his hair had held its dark color, his square-jawed, confident face retained a healthy-hued youthfulness, and his teeth, unstained and strong enough to shatter walnuts, were still intact. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The snake fought frantically, making hissing sounds that shattered the silence of the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Before he reached the door, the sunny afternoon was shattered by May Castellan’s terrified scream. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z His father, Harry, his dreams shattered, had fled for the wilds of Canada, unable to cope with what he had seen in his wife’s last moments. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z About that time Jo Ann Robinson’s picture window was shattered by a huge rock, which her neighbors said had been thrown by a policeman. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z How he jumped out before the helicopter hit the ground and shattered. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I tried kicking a couple holes in the bathroom door, but I was too shattered to inflict any real damage. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She was skimming the surface of the world again, but now that surface was shattered, littered with debris. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z These women held demonstrations, interrupted government speakers, and shattered storefront and office windows to bring attention to their cause. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Stones shattered at the sound and the sharp edges of echo came back to cut at them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The moon floated on the still black waters, shattering and re-forming as her ripples washed over it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Seconds later, out of one of the castle’s shattered windows, something that looked like a misshapen bird flew through the half light and landed in Voldemort’s hand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Priceless artifacts tumbled off their pedestals, shattering on the marble floor. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A bolt passed within a foot of him, shattering the crust of frozen snow that had plugged the closest crenel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dish shattered, and the candy scattered everywhere. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z There’s Noah swinging a baseball bat at Brian who shatters into pieces. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Any glass had long since shattered, any wood had rotted, and nothing remained but metal frames, mortar, and stone crumbling in the grip of invading vegetation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Twig squeezed my hand so hard I was pretty sure all my bones shattered. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then suddenly there I was, at eighteen, thrust into a world where all those illusions were shattered. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the silence was shattered with the thunder of hoofbeats; vaqueros surrounded the small house with shouts and gunshots, and when they entered the room they were laughing and singing and drinking. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Yard by yard, puff by puff, the breeze hauled the figure through the blue flowers, over the boulders and red stones, till it lay huddled among the shattered rocks of the mountain-top. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z If the tunnel were to shatter for some reason... The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Former congresswoman Constance A. Morella recalled, “That glass ceiling is being shattered.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The Warlord cracked his tail, shattering the silence of Great Hall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Intoxicated by the uncontained torrent of relief, Aureliano Segundo broke the glass on the china closet and piece by piece, without hurrying, he took out the chinaware and shattered it on the floor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Stands of teosinte have been seen in the wild, but because the “ears” are tiny and constantly shattering they are difficult to harvest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They dove together into the nearest trench and the mountain shattered above them, spraying them with plaster shrapnel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Now, on this shattered morning, he felt nothing but knots and snarls under his fingertips. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Weeks after you were dead, those questions hammered me until I thought my heart would shatter. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One youth saw a thirteen-year-old go down, a bullet having shattered his forehead. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He crumpled onto it, and in that moment, Dad suddenly shattered. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Chizu, her calm shattered, was yelling at him to slow down, Mama was too, and May was screaming. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Human forms swaddled in burial shrouds rather than bandages, dirt dusting their skin, their eyes and mouths covered with chunks of shattered pottery. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Scipio was still looking at the shattered wing. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z In ninth grade his arm, already injured from an incident involving an all-terrain vehicle, had been shattered when he tried to throw a block. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to tell her these things, but they might shatter my image as queen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This fall to the floor had shattered it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It shatters, leaving its gooey contents behind like a spatter of blood. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When he turned from her he had for a moment a perilous sense of ease and freedom, which was more acute because he knew that soon it was to be shattered. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The clink of glass bracelets shattered our solitude. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z When the sun came out, icicles fell from the shrouds and shattered like glass on the decks below. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The flagon shattered underneath him as the floor came up to smack him in the head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A chunk had fallen off a corner and lay shattered into a thousand pieces on the ground. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It’s pretty strange to be sitting across from someone over a pile of shattered desk pieces. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z When I get to the part where Holden drops and shatters his little sister’s record, my dad and uncles pile into the dining room to bust out the expensive tequila from the liquor cabinet. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Beneath an overpass a car had been stripped, tires gone, windshield shattered, all the chrome detailing peeled away, and the engine missing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He knew at once what had hap-pened; a wooden hutch, its slats shattered, lay on its side in the wet grass. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It all looked so peaceful, a different world from the one that the flying machine had shattered last night. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Our gruesome Task complete, shattered Horses still screaming on the Hillside, we was ordered to Retreat & did so, around the Hill, and run — i’faith, I have never run so swift—over the Fields. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As the bullet whizzed over its tiny whiskered head, shattering the toilet seat, the mouse took off—a squeaking gray blur that scooted out the doorway, between Curly’s feet. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The guy must have been shattered, but he refused to go to sleep. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But it is, weirdly enough, the home of an actual Buddhist that shatters the sanctified mood. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The white man shattered the abantu, the fellowship, of the various tribes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By Anatole I was shattered and assembled, by way of Anatole I am delivered not out of my life but through it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The fight lasted less than a minute before the fat boy was on the ground, his whole body shaking as blood leaked through his shattered helm and between his pudgy fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Another scream shattered the silence, much louder than before, and she beat her dark wings so hard that Will and Lyra both felt the wind and staggered. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Young Elihue was saved from visible shattering by the steady hand of his father, who reminded him of the family’s reputation and Velma’s questionable one. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z General Teófilo Vargas came forward with his intentions: in a few hours he shattered the coalition of better-qualified commanders and took charge of the main command. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Glass shattered, the frame splintered and snapped, and I pulled the photo loose from the mess. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t as clean as it was when it was the Erudite compound; now it is ravaged by war, bullet holes in the walls and the broken glass of shattered lightbulbs everywhere. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She was about to make up an excuse for why she had to get home, when a voice shattered the silence. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And heard the assault coming, up the rocks, clawing up through the bushes, through the shattered trees, the pocked stone, the ripped and bloody earth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond, half-seen, were other shapes: shattered spires, headless statues, trees with roots bigger than their boat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The pane shatters, and the force of the water against my back throws me forward. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Black, white, or whatever, they were the menaces of nature; they were the fire, the comet, the storm, which could—with no justification—shatter my body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The silence was shattered by the bell, and as Mr. Larson dropped the shredded paper into the trash basket, he barked, “Class dismissed!” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z He slams the beer so hard against the coffee table that the bottle shatters. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We had been walking in silence through the night until we stopped to listen to the singing of morning birds shattering the silence of the day. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Two years past, he had fallen and shattered a hip, and it had never mended properly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He concentrated so hard that something inside him cracked—as if a crystal ball had shattered in his stomach. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It made no audible sound as it shattered into shards of ice, melting in my hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Gabriel looked at Cabot Searcy and, for a moment, thought of the many things he could say to him to shatter his delusions. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z They went down a street of shattered glass and broken tiles where children were playing and watching the soldiers go by. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He pulled down the coffins, one by one, from their shelves, and let them clatter onto the ground, shattering the old wood, spilling their contents onto the mausoleum floor. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z We all know that Pa will not return, but no one dares to say it out loud for it will shatter our illusion of hope. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sure that it wouldn’t take more than a light bump to shatter them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the dagger shatters, and while I'm still staring at it in disbelief, a powerful hand grabs my shoulder and pulls me off Helene. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I hear the shattered windshield crunching under my sneakers. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The bullet went through Baigre's cheek, shattering several teeth and severely damaging her jaw. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I nearly jumped out of my skin when it shattered against the floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The tension was palpable; Thomas felt like the air in the room had become glass that could shatter at any second. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z After the cacophony of shattering sugar, it does not take long for the diners to realize that, though the globes appeared identical, each of them has been presented with an entirely unique flavor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Outside, the wind bellowed and raged against the glass spire, but it could do nothing to shatter the walls. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In the dusty light Hugo saw broken model ships and heads of statues and old signs and piles of shattered doors. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z A bullet struck his leg, but he rode on, leading the final assault that shattered the British fortifications. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It shattered, sending china shards all over the sink and floor. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The eggs had broken on the floor, there was orange juice and shattered glass. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He lunged at it and sent it sailing across the street with a three-point kick; it landed on the opposite curb and shattered yellow under the streetlight. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z All I can concentrate on are the shattered remains of my precious things. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was twelve years old when an exploding shell shattered his left arm and shoulder. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z As he picked through the shattered stone that had once been Maester Luwin’s turret, ravens looked down from the gash in the wall above, muttering to one another. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His faceplate took the brunt of the blow, the safety glass shattering into hundreds of small cubes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess it was the sound of the siren or the people pushing around me that shattered my hypnotic gaze. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Stone and shattered gargoyles lay strewn across the yard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He smoothed her hair, stood up, and stalked over the cracked floor toward the shattered windows, wanting to smash something. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The placid innkeeper’s expression was like a shattered mask. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A glass vial shatters on the floor, spilling thick blood that forms the shape of a grinning death’s head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Tyson found me there in the morning, still staring at the shattered remains of the saltwater fountain. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The sound of a large explosion shattered our connection. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A bedroom: coverlets everywhere and a huge shattered bed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps your elephants would sooner be nightingales. Instead of sweet song, Meereen’s nights would be filled with thunderous trumpetings, and your trees would shatter beneath the weight of great grey birds.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The windows cracked and shattered to pieces, letting in a blast of fresh air. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I had experienced nightmares in the past, but they began to grow stronger—shattering images flooding back from the massacre. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Mutware is the generous man who had taken in my shattered family in Burundi after the massacre. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The yard was covered with pieces of shattered pottery—hundreds of them, it seemed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Then I ducked behind the front panel as they leaped out the shattered window. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He had several broken ribs, a collarbone shattered into countless fragments, severe internal injuries, a broken shoulder, and a concussion. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z What exactly it was that shattered Grandpa’s skull changed every time I heard the story. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The chariot was shattered and he was mortally hurt. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlin had planned the meeting as a trap to try to shatter Holmes’s imperturbable façade, and was impressed with Holmes’s ability to maintain his insouciance despite the rancor in the room. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He let the empty cup drop from his fingers to shatter on the floor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He walked down the broken blocks past clusters of abandoned buildings, the glass from shattered windows on the sidewalk, junkies on the steps. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The hansom crashed into the lamp-post and shattered into several pieces. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Without warning, all of the lights in the RV flashed on, glowing so molten hot that they shattered. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In the carriage house there was what is called “signs of a struggle”—in this case a broken box, a shattered carriage lamp, scraped marks in the dust, and straw on the floor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It shattered and left a mark on the plaster. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Lord of Destruction is surrounded by a celestial sphere that can only be shattered by an immortal device like those weapons.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then he fired the phone at the wall, shattering it to pieces. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z In the end the Mountain and a handful of his best had gained the west bank, but Edmure had thrown his reserve at them, and they had shattered and reeled away bloody and beaten. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her heart’s already broken, she doesn’t need every last piece shattered to bits. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Within a year of their return to Kabul, Habib’s dreams had been shattered. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He stared at himself and wondered if it really had happened, if he really had seen men die, if the lingering smells from shattered liquor bottles and bloodied human bodies were only in his imagination. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Azor Ahai captured a lion, to temper the blade by plunging it through the beast's red heart, but once more the steel shattered and split. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When Farmer returned to Cange, confined mostly to a wheelchair, his shattered knee still healing in a cast, he had more to worry about than his health. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Only one piece got through—a big chunk of glass that hit my chest and probably should’ve killed me, but it shattered against my skin. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The boys turned and ran for home, and the cloud boomed at their backs and the lightning shattered the air into quaking pieces. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The man fell backward into the glass, which shattered at once, and the flimsy wooden frame went too. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the voice of the great dog shattered the heavy, seemingly endless silence that came between the gruff words of the sheriff and those of his men. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The image shattered, and I almost fell over. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She was still holding the bottle of zinfandel and she carefully set it down on the floor, like it could suddenly shatter and stain the carpet with all of their secrets. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It shattered on top of the siege tower, drenching the dead wood in lamp oil. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Many of the greenhouse's windows had been shattered, and its iron frame was spotted with rust. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It cracked against the counter edge, tumbled to the floor, and shattered. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The father gave an infuriated roar and grabbed the paper from his son, seizing it with such force that he fell backward into the lake, shattering the reflection of the moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Back in the car, I was just smiling, thinking, God, I love that girl, when the driver’s side window shattered. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The bus drivers rev their engines and the ice cloud shatters. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Perhaps just as important, Stalin and his compatriots found the prospect of “shattering” and “retraining” genes via shock therapy satisfying ideologically. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Horrified, I watched the glass shatter on the ground, spattering tea across the hems of our skirts. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z All the peace I felt in Kamal’s house is suddenly shattered. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t a drop of oil leaking, despite the shattered hull. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Understood her eagerness to piece together her shattered image of him. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z With each step, I feel like I will shatter, a glass figurine thrown to a tile floor. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The world has shattered, and all that’s left is this alternate universe full of broken people with nothing to hold on to. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He smacked it across the floor where it hit the overturned bench, but, thank the Lord, the heavy pottery did not shatter. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Both terrified and incensed, the savage watchdog thundered around, tipping over another table and three more chairs—napkin holders bounced across the floor; a sugar bowl shattered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She is woken just after dawn by the sound of rain beating against the bedroom window, pelting it with such ferocity that she almost expects the glass to shatter. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Tisquantum’s party finally encountered some survivors, a handful of families in a shattered village. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Finally, one enormous wave flew into the sky and crashed down again—the water scattering like shattered pieces of stone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She had even removed the curtains, and for some reason I found this small detail shattering. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up a lamp and tossed it at the glass, shattering it into a million shards. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z We all huddled behind a chipped stone table, most of its jewels shattered or missing, and listened as our bunny spy gave us the lowdown. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Like a huge stone heaved into a quiet pond came the shattering news that her beloved stepfather and mentor, Jacob Marrel, had died. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The starboard wing was heavily engaged, however, and the center had shattered under the stones of those trebuchets, some captains tinning downstream, others veering to port, anything to escape that crushing rain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z All of a sudden I saw sparks flying, glass shattering, and blood splattering. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Their necklaces shattered, sending shards of red flying in all directions. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Something huge shattered and the roar of engines filled his ears; there was a loud crash, followed by an explosion. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z In the spring of that year, the CIA was thrown back on its heels by the first of several shattering revelations about treachery in its ranks. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Not Freud but Zionism had finally shattered our friendship. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z On his fifth swing the lock shattered, and the chains fell away in a rattling clatter so loud Quentyn was certain half the pyramid must have heard them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Bared teeth and clenched fists and glass shattering. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Hubble’s second discovery was what shattered Einstein’s eternal universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I wasn’t in the room when she shattered, sending me into some kind of warm trance that normally made me feel better about my life. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes he just barges up to somebody and swats a tile from his hand, shattering it on purpose. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I bent and picked up a tangle of shattered wood and metal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She lifted his head again, cradling it gently as the blood from his shattered knee flowed between the patio stones, turning the sand in the cracks to red mortar, drying to brown. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But the first death we saw shattered this belief. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And looking at the pieces, I am shattered, too. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Screaming like that meant you had been broken, completely shattered and crushed, and there was no way you were a threat after that. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He could choose which shattered fragment he would claim as his own. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A foot of shattered antler, tines snapped off, all wet with blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then Samuel died and the world shattered like a dish. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The American boat drifted on down the lake, beyond the grandstands, into a quieter world, the boys leaning over their oars, gasping for breath, their faces still shattered by pain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He reached for the flagon of wine at his elbow, found it empty, and flung it away to shatter against the wall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This rainy season has shattered all the rules. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z That terrible charred corpse was wearing my clothes, bone and leather fused into the shattered cockpit in my place. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z There were boggarts, mischievous creatures who slammed doors and shattered pottery or pawed through a household’s winter stores in search of sweets. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The bust toppled and shattered against the floor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It tore my guts to see my siblings so shattered. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up half of a shattered face shield after they went by. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The force of the Death Eaters’ spells shattered the tiled wall where Ron’s head had just been, as Harry, still invisible, yelled, “Stupefy!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She felt the mirror shatter in the sky, she closed her eyes and saw its story spread back into the past, she fell with the tiny shards as they spread over the earth. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z When they reached the shattered window, Fred saw a van parked outside in the shallow lake that was the shelter’s parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I felt that I had shattered the intimate bond that had once held the family close. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If he touched the rail, his hand would freeze and shatter. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I heard his white cup shatter against the floor as he uncrossed his legs, rising. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt I had crossed into another world, that little pieces of my old self had been left behind on the black asphalt floor of the school yard alongside the shattered lens of my glasses. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The wireless operator could see, through the shattered Plexiglas of the cockpit, the young pilot desperately trying to free his dead navigator from a torn and bloody helmet. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They lift broken masonry blocks, shovel dust and shattered glass through strainers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z No one had lived in it for at least five years, not since a series of haunt- ings had made its inhabitants come down with ghost fear that shattered their brains for studying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But my tribe was shattering and reforming around me. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the plastic in one of the windows shattered, and the muffled cacophony from outside rushed in to batter her ears. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Cady is shattered, and because she wants to have a good job, she studies nursing. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I moved into the street, listening to the distant sounds of the riot and seeing in my mind the image of two eyes in the bottom of a shattered glass. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She shattered without any blood, as if she’d died without ever living. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She burst like an overripe fruit, but no fniit had ever screamed that shattering wooden scream. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z That sense of well-being was shattered the instant the bomb went off that Sunday morning in September 1963—the day I grew up. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Against the Serric steel of a Martial blade, the knife will only shatter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It struck the mercenary in the mouth and shattered. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At the height of the storm his boat was shattered and sank, but he succeeded in swimming to shore. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Hating me was going to become the cause for people of shattered faith to rally around. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s my soul, and it feels like it’s been shattered to pieces so many times I don’t know how to fix it anymore. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “From the River Styx. Very hard to craft. Very delicate. It cannot melt, but it will shatter when you blow it, so you can only use it once.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z They found carved furniture, sitting rooms, lounges, a bar with shattered liquor bottles, staterooms, art on the walls mangled and torn, oil paintings tossed about and punctured. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Henry’s glass of champagne has spilled all over both of them and shattered, and out of the corner of his eye, Alex can see a cut across the top of Henry’s cheekbone beginning to bleed. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She flattened the paper cup into the table, shattering their images. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He slams the bat into the driver’s side window, shattering the glass. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z A new blast of horns shattered the night. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She became a sea-goddess, the one who saved Odysseus from drowning when his raft was shattered, and her son became a sea-god. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The light reflected from the stained-glass window on the stair landing and made shattered fragments of blue and orange and green on the dark wood of the hall. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He was commonly called “Earth-shaker” and was always shown carrying his trident, a three-pronged spear, with which he would shake and shatter whatever he pleased. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Also a factor was his laugh, against which many dons would most certainly rebel if subjected to its shattering bang more than once a week. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The center of the hallway rose upward, creating a massive atrium with shattered glass skylights that cut through the roof forty feet above. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He scrambled up and saw the snake outlined against the landing light: It struck, and Hermione dived aside with a shriek; her deflected curse hit the curtained window, which shattered. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Wood shattered, and the Hound reeled, fighting to keep his seat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It shattered against the sidewalk, leaving a pool of red next to my shoes. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z As we pulled out of the driveway, I heard a shattering sound inside my head as if a glass had broken between my ears. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Huge tree branches lying on ripped-apart roofs, windows shattered, bikes and toys and trash scattered over lawns. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The heavy iron television stand fell over seconds later, shattering the bedroom window. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The chaplain weighed the next silence heavily and then shattered it with an abrupt question. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The blast shattered the windows and rocked the walls of houses throughout the neighborhood. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The mummy’s left wing was shattered, and it would never fly again, but its bearded face was implacable. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z There it all was, my first eighteen years at a glance: streets and sails and shattered Stop & Shop. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We shall leave them ruined and wasted, broken and shattered, torn in a thousand pieces and scattered to the four winds. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Within zero there is the power to shatter the framework of logic. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z If he owned his own bat again, every time he picked it up, he would see that shattered blue glass over those white roses. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Seven’s heart shattered as she watched Mr. Pepperhorn grab Valley and storm out of the room. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He’s also learned that Henry’s placid demeanor is shattered with the right poking. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The window louvers shattered and the glass shards clinked as they fell to the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Usually, work was work and home was home, but for us, as for many people, the tragedy in Newtown shattered every window and blew down every fence. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The jarring of their boot heels on the boards of the foyer seems loud enough to shatter the windows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He comes closer, stepping over the shattered pieces of his desk, then picks up the end of my right sleeve and rubs the fabric in his hand. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Stars innumerable, cold and white, like the fragments of a shattered sun. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Then he sighed once, and even though I saw no blame in his face, I thought my heart would shatter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z My heart shatters like a glass mirror, the tiny shards shooting out into every part of me, cutting at my insides, spreading pain. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Its hydrofoils were retracted, but with the carbon- polymer hull shattered, Nailer could see into its workings: the huge gears that extended the foils, the complex hydraulics and precision electronic systems. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The village was filled with houses crowded together, and when villagers climbed up the mountain, their hearty laughs and stomping boots shattered the quiet. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z After the bomb exploded on September 15, 1963, shaking the church’s foundation and shattering its windows, people gave funds to repair Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He did not pay any attention because he was listening to the forming of the troops, the sound of the cornets, and the voices of command that were shattering the dawn. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Why did they have to shatter the entire front door?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was, as Robert had warned him, a hellishly uncomfortable chair, and never more so than now, with his shattered leg throbbing more sharply every minute. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But really, what she has to tell me sounds more like a honking horn that’s stuck, a favorite glass shattering into countless pieces on the floor. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I was brought to a shattering of my ignorance almost as brutal as the weapons themselves. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I spared the Master Namer half a glance then looked back toward the shattered lute in my hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The glass has shattered out of her bedroom window, and what she hears is the sound of something burning beyond the shutters. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There was a guard of orcs crouching in the shadows behind the great door-posts towering on either side, but the gates were shattered and cast down. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A big, pudgy child—who can shatter a stone bench with a bare fist. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I could smell my sweat, rank with fear, and then —it was like my dream — the underbrush moved, and the sticks shattered. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z When it struck the stone floor, the metal was so cold it didn’t simply crack or dent, it shattered like glass. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The lane went along the wall, arched over, shattered with bloom, dissolving into trees. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The urn tips and shatters into hundreds of tiny pieces. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Her shattering heart was sharp, jagged pieces of glass everywhere. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If this really were a new star, it would shatter that perfection—and once you accepted that the heavens were imperfect, who could say what might follow? The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Aunt Heidi says, looking at me like I might shatter if she doesn’t water me often enough. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She’d thought she was holding on to her life, when really she’d been strangling it, gripping it so tightly it shattered. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I love to watch the city from above—the graffiti on factories, the honking cars, the old buildings with shattered windows, everyone in a hurry. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He had made friends during that youth- shattering summer with a group of slick street boys. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And now, as a summer flower shatters in September, it was finished. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The champagne bottles and the glasses shattered on the floor as he sprang and began staggering to the door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Its masts were shattered and its grimy gray sails hung limp and torn. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Lost in desperate speculation, Harry turned a corner, but he had taken only a few steps down the new corridor when the window to his left broke open with a deafening, shattering crash. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The glass on it shattered and I stumbled back. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z A china-faced doll wearing a satin dress lay by the curb, her head shattered, her dress coated with dirt. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He hesitates, turning the tiny glass bottle with Widget’s version of his tree trapped inside over in his hand, but then he adds it as well, flinching as it shatters against the iron. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Nailer clambered back into the main passage and made his way past a sitting room full of fallen paintings and shattered statuary. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The high pitch of the scream shattered the silence of the quiet night. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember peering at him through my shattered window as he circled the car, his red cap pushed back so the brim reached upward, licking the air. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She had wanted Sarai to visit on him such a cataclysm of nightmares as would shatter his mind and leave him spinning through darkness forever. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I know it’s caged for protection—so no truck-driving supplier tosses a box into the corner and shatters the bulb. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z One held her palm out in his direction; with a flash of light, the windowpane shattered. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z An unearthly screech shattered the silence, followed by a rush of wings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z People appear in ones and twos from structures shattered in other strikes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The blow had splintered his jaw, shattered his front teeth, and left him four lips where other men had but two. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The bus was a sad carcass of rusted metal, shattered windows replaced with black garbage bags, balding tires, and upholstery shredded down to the springs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers turned and fled in panic, their discipline shattered. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As I relaxed my hands and sighed, the white mist and the silence that was part of it was shattered suddenly, was rent in two by an explosion that shook the window where we stood. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The windshield shattered and he felt warm blood running down his face. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She wonders if the news crew up above even realizes the hope they’re shattering by their mere presence here. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Chuck stumbled backward, then looked up at Thomas, his eyes so full of fright Thomas felt something shatter in his heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Still, her ignorance was her bliss, and Rowan decided not to shatter her illusion that she was free. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He had to touch his own hand to remember what year it was: thick welted scars from the shattered bottle glass. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Smoke swirled like the mahalath, and fire was shooting up behind an edge of shattered rooftops. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The big gun detonates a third time, and glass shatters somewhere close by, and torrents of soot rattle down the chimney, and the walls of the hotel toll like a struck bell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He shattered into a pile of ice shards. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The bottle hit with a sickening thud, followed by the sound of shattering glass. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The deathly quiet of this Friday morning was shattered by the sharp, echoing boom of a cannon. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I remember the love, the dog love, much more than the shattered knee.... This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Werner holds the field light in his mouth and gathers what he can: a small hammer, three jars of screws, eighteen- gauge line cord from a shattered desk lamp. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Behind it trailed a growing bunch of revelers, dancing along with the beat, drinking and throwing their empty bottles to shatter against the huge, impervious machine. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They moved, clumsy with desire, and one of them bumped against the crystal goblet, knocking it off the balustrade to shatter, loudly, at their feet. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Once an icicle long as a spear fell to shatter by his feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Internal power struggles also mortally wounded the North Carolina Klan, which shattered into several warring factions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The slates flew off and shattered themselves with desultory crashes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He took another gulp of wine, then threw the cup across the room to shatter off a wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She takes a hammer and rusty chisel and shatters each coconut, scraping the blinding white, perfumed flesh from the shells. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But I wanted to see it shatter—my reward for all this work—so I got up and carefully shuffled toward the edge until I could glimpse the floor of the gloomy chamber below. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The table was gone, though chairs remained; the floor was ankle-deep in shards of shattered china plates and bowls. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Even dead it looked like a regal hawk, cracked and shattered, but with a beauty still inherent thanks to the feral grace of its lines. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I feel cold, like I might shiver and then shatter. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He balanced it in that hand for a moment, and then threw it with blinding speed, shattering it against another huge tree, which shook and trembled at the blow. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic himself, arrived, Percy bowed so low that his glasses fell off and shattered. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Harry missed the pod, hit the bowl, and shattered it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Slowly Ned struggled to his feet, pushing himself up from the throne with the strength of his arms, his shattered leg screaming inside its cast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For a second, Sierra thought her mom might shatter into a million pieces right then and there. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z More sounds from up above: a scream, a window shattering. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Rubble was strewn all about it: great chunks of shattered masonry, burned beams, broken gargoyles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As he turned to take the ball, a dam burst against the side of his head and a hand grenade shattered his stomach. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I carried the glasses with me for weeks, until one evening I crushed them underfoot in rage and despair, shattering the glass into splinters, because he wasn’t coming back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The war’s convulsions shattered the lives of millions, Kepler among them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She let out a wordless scream that shattered through the frozen wind as she scrambled to her feet. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Metal crunched, glass shattered, oil spewed, and the hangings went up in a great whoosh of flame. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One of the private security guys shatters both with the butt of his rifle. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z A cannonball shattered a tree right in front of them. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Her blade shattered the chains on the left side like they were made of ice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The lawmen noted the position of Roan’s body—“his hands folded across his breast and his head on the seat”—and how the bullet had exited through his right eye and then shattered the windshield. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Only the reinforced ribbing in her suit prevented Holly’s leg bones from shattering. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Half-eaten plates of food, shattered liquor bottles, and pieces of broken furniture from a drunken rampage scatter his quarters. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z If Theo breaks up with S. and she kills herself or goes crazy, Vincent says, “the effect of that on you would be tragic, of course, and could shatter you forever.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z As dawn washed the darkness from the sky, the shattered glacier was revealed to be a three-dimensional landscape of phantasmal beauty. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Even if the iron missed its target, the stones and shattered metal fragments ricocheted about dangerously. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A thunderous, splintering boom erupted through the chamber as the ridderak shattered the wooden door. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We arrive once again at our shattered trench and pass on beyond it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A burst of light shatters the silence—one of the sky lamps has exploded— and another—and another. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A black woman had her leg shattered and a white man had his head injured in a fight at the Sears, Roebuck parking lot. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z To my right, the zip line snaps, the wire cord whipping back and shattering the windows below me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Pima clambered up the shattered edge of the clipper and slipped inside, her hands fast and accomplished from years on wrecking crews. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z A glass vessel fell to the floor and shattered. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z And this time, with a wrenching crack, the knife shattered and the blade fell in pieces to the ground, to glitter on the stones that were still wet with the rain of another universe. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He was still hesitating when a scream shattered the silence. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I don’t check the time because I don’t want anything to shatter my survivor spirit. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He saw her coming slowly toward him, and when he reached out to touch her, she hurled her package to the ground, shattering its contents at his feet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z An air raid had shattered all the louvers in the windows of the theater and the evening breeze blew some of the actors’ words away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And at that moment, for no reason he could put into words, the hourglass shattered. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The sky seemed to reach into the exposition, and somewhere glass shattered, not the gentle tinkling of a window extinguished by a stone but the hurt-dog yelp of large sheets falling to the ground. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The side window was shattered, and a second point broke the rubber of the useless tire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Tall glass doors with shattered panes stood open into the garden, torn damask curtains flapping like a loose tongue in the wind. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then, with surprising speed, the Griever pushed itself back outside the shattered frame of the window and began descending toward the ground below. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Brandon continued, "You really get to see where they got the name Glass Manor from, because dude, everybody who lives around there is freakin' shattered." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z With a shattering echo they slammed, and all light was lost. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z My inkpot shatters on the rocks, turning the river vermilion. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Sirens blared, voices screamed and shouted, wood cracked and windows shattered, children bawled, dogs barked and footsteps pounded. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They chip and break, tiny pieces shattering on the Windemere steps. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Ruby’s happy squeal hits a note I swear could shatter glass. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Another stela crashed to the floor and shattered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I asked again, because my world was shattering, and I needed the truth to build it back up. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It felt like slamming into a castle wall, but this castle stood upon a shattered leg. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Serious insults to the body, the kind of shattering or crushing injury seen in high-speed auto wrecks, are an absolute certainty for every single jockey. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My whole life I’ve been considered the bad daughter, while my sister was secretly living another life, the kind of life that would shatter Amá into tiny pieces. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If enough neutrons boiled out of each shattered nucleus with just the right energy, the process might continue on its own until no more uranium nuclei remained to shatter. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When the community of Boston was shattered by the most sensational murder trial of his generation, Paul Revere was chosen foreman of the jury. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But his good intentions were shattered by the strength of Clara’s premonitions. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It shattered into a thousand pieces, and crunched beneath my feet as I ran. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “At thirty-two feet per second,” he said, “I think it would kill him dead. Four hundred g is enough to shatter the skull.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time we had no idea what it would say, or that it would shatter the foundation we stand on, the factions, our identities. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Pressed against the coldness of a cheek, wet with shattered rain. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, I have seen plenty since and have felt the shattering waves of violence and despair and confusion. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I paint a girl with white hair, blending into a forest of white trees, with stars exploding in the sky above them like shattering glass. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I knew that I had shattered the harmony of the day, the exceptional silence of a beach where I’d been happy. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Another burst of flame exploded from the theater, shattering more windows. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I don’t remember this plan involving me shattering my pelvis.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Cream splattered the windows and walls as the dish shattered. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Gale had shattered some invisible barrier between us and, with it, any hope I had of resuming our old, uncomplicated friendship. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A woman shrieked and shrieked; she was a crow shattering the air with her harsh calls. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the shows looked interesting, but she felt so betrayed by Lauren, so shattered that her sister would go behind her back and talk to her ex-girlfriend. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She was certain her body would fall over if she stood for even another minute, that if she tried to care now, her skin would break and shatter. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z From the darkness of the further end of the shelter came a dreadful moaning and they shattered the leaves in their fear. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Bronn was on him in a heartbeat, kicking what was left of his shattered rondel aside to expose the weak spot between arm and breastplate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I turn away as the glass shatters, and the force of the water throws my body at the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z A light wind could probably knock him down and shatter his bones. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I was asleep in my room and shot up in bed when I heard the shattering glass. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z More tentacles sprouted from the shattered surfaces, like roots searching for earth. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I laugh, and it echoes in the dungeon like shattered glass. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But Max screws the hinges back on tight, and the shattered hole is in the back, against the wall, where it doesn’t show when the doors are shut. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Mama sighed and continued sweeping up the broken glass, dead flies, shattered frames, and Mo's flowers. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The shattering of the jug created thunder, and the water pouring forth was the rain. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z As I stared at him, there was suddenly a loud Bang! from right next to me and one of the buttons on the Japanese soldier’s uniform shattered. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Is it possible for a kid’s head to fill up and just shatter? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The silence was shattered as the bedroom door flew open with a wall-shaking crash. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A bullet punctured his lung, a bullet shattered his spine, another hit his shoulder. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z For a year, those words had meant the difference between breaking and bending; they had kept her from shattering in the darkness of the mines. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was simple and, since both Helmholtz and the Savage were dreadfully pained by the shattering and defilement of a favourite poetic crystal, extremely effective. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no shattering windows, no toppling chairs, no screaming or yelling. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlain felt a shattering rush of emotion, restrained it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The twins’ desertion shattered any hope I had left of defeating the malevolent witches. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z In wandering round the shattered walls and through the devastated interior, I gathered evidence that the calamity was not of late occurrence. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Captain Johnston was shattered; it was all his fault. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They made it to the foyer and through the destroyed entrance, tiptoeing around shards from the shattered door. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Celia’s brow furrows over her dark eyes and the watch shatters, gears spilling out into the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The sound was muffled, not loud and earth shattering like the bombs I had heard so many times when Klan members dynamited black homes and businesses throughout the city. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It takes only the smallest of changes to shatter an epidemic’s equilibrium. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There’re stacks of stories where the glass spells out something like S-A-T-A-N-I-S-Y-O-U-R-M-A-S-T-E-R, shatters, then the kids have to call a vicar. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z One good jolt of a bunker missile and I could shatter into strange, razor-sharp shards. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I chose the sloth because its demeanor—calm, quiet and introspective—did something to soothe my shattered self. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Now and then, Laila heard running footsteps, a wordless chase, furniture turning over, glass shattering, then the thumping once more. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “One side of your face is caved in where your cheekbone shattered, and half your teeth are missing.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The leap had shattered one of his legs, and a jagged piece of pale bone jutted out through the rotted cloth of his breeches and the grey meat beneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Paolo talked about traveling to escape his father’s shattered reputation and the family fallout. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It was this last piece that slipped from Mariam’s fingers, that fell to the wooden floorboards of the kolba and shattered. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z With a shattered body that was still healing and nanites pumping an endless stream of opiates into her system, Citra could barely move, much less walk. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Nothing earth shattering. Remember that song called ‘Dirt off Your Shoulder’?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I hear shouting up ahead, and glass shattering on the pavement. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I felt in my brief case, feeling papers, shattered iron, coins, my fingers closing over Tarp's leg chain, and I slipped it over my knuckles, trying to think. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a shattering of wood as the box caved in. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He tries to get out and run, and I swear I have no idea I’m firing the gun until I’ve stepped toward him and hear the glass shatter. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z These rock gardens had outlived the barracks and the towers and would surely outlive the asphalt road and rusted pipes and shattered slabs of concrete. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z There was burst after burst in the dirty air, yellow lightning shattering the ground, splintering rock, ripping limbs off the great trees and sending them twisting swirling dancing along the ground, along the ridge. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The loud shattering of the guy’s nose like dishes heaved against a concrete wall. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “American society had come to resemble a shattered mirror still in its frame.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If we didn’t have breakaway rims, the backboard would have shattered into a million pieces. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She placed the key on the table, beside the torn painting and shattered glass. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The cockpit window shatters as she plunges through it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Later this night would be referred to as Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, because of the thousands of windows that had been shattered in synagogues, in Jewish homes and businesses. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “I wish I remembered for you. But I don’t. Your mother passed away a long time ago and my memory is as shattered as these buildings. I am sorry.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She had gone upstairs even before the pizza had arrived and had been in her room since, thinking about Bebe, how utterly shattered she had seemed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I grab the lamp from my desk and pull back my arm, ready to slam it into my reflection in the mirror so they can both shatter into a million pieces. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The storm lashes us, out of the confusion of grey and yellow the hail of splinters whips forth the child-like cries of the wounded, and in the night shattered life groans painfully into silence. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He crashed through the roof of Georgiou's, shattering all the windows as it buckled under the impact. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z As we drive into the parking lot, my dreams shatter like a glass bottle thrown against the wall. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He and his wife had just gone to bed in their upstairs bedroom when they heard a violent explosion that not only destroyed the front of their home, it shattered windows throughout the neighborhood. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He looked into the blue sky, at the shattered trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I believe in bold and shattering commitment to the problems of our times. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They passed massive boulders, the stumps of newly sawed trees, splinters of shattered ones. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But in 1892, when Wells was thirty years old, her world was shattered. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Grief has made you lose your senses. The shock has shattered your poor mind. No matter. We shall heal you, dear, as best we can. Guards!” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I could make sure that my brother and sisters got all the education they wanted; I could compensate for my shattered dreams by helping them realise theirs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard another bang, another shattering of glass. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Her first chalk warrior charged the throng haint and shattered against it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Jessie blurted out as the teapot slid to the other side of the tray, tipped off the side, and shattered on the ground. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The window glass shattering and falling to the floor. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z For the first time, her heart began to shatter, thinking of her child out there among the world. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The gun was a Browning automatic pistol and one twitch of the man’s finger would send a 9mm bullet shattering through his skull and into his brain. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But then Cain—bearing the shadowy, dark thing that dwelled inside of him—stepped through the wall as if it were nothing, shattering it completely. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Stop!” she cried, “don’t sing that. I don’t want you to sing it,” and she laid her glass so impetuously and blindly upon the table as to shatter it against a carafe. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z And this time, he didn’t need to shatter any glass to win the game. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The dark sky was shattered by a blue-white scar. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z If I brought a black boy into our living room, Ma might shatter altogether. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But my instincts told me that that normalcy could be shattered at any moment—by another arrest. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z All had been broken and plundered; but beside the shattered lid of one there lay the remains of a book. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It rotated the outer ring of stone, which ground and rumbled but thankfully didn’t shatter. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They were firing arrows, one after another, all shattering harmlessly against the lion’s metallic fur. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I looked at his face then, and something deep, so deep inside me shattered into a thousand pieces. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z However, in his time the brief tradition of tolerance for unconventional views began to erode and then to shatter. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But when I arrived, she threw a decanter that shattered at my feet and stained my hem green with absinthe. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Ronneberg had wrapped charges around half the machines when the sound of shattering glass broke his focus. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But then a chilling song shattered the moment. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z One ball split the paper window and struck against the hearth with a hard, shattering crack. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Disease not only shattered the family bonds that were the underlying foundation of Indian societies, it wiped out the political superstructure at the top. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The window shatters, and I'm suddenly out in the night again and falling, falling, falling like a star to the first floor. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I yank down on the switch and it cracks off and shatters on the floor. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Surely, when the thunder struck them again they would vibrate, tremble and shatter, till warm shards, sharp as icicles, fell flashing down from the ruins. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry looked over the top of Ginny’s head to see Dean Thomas holding a shattered glass in his hand, and Romilda Vane looking as though she might throw something. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Her misery would soon become too great to hold inside, and her skin would shatter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I stared at it and thought, This is like our family—broken, shattered into dust. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Fourth, the addict’s shattered self-image, and ego, were built up until the addict realized that he had, within, the self-power to end his addiction. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought the whole door was going to shatter,” she said, bewildered, “and there isn’t even a scratch on the wood, nor on any of the other doors; they’re perfectly smooth.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The rampart behind the hotel remains, though many of its embrasures along the top have been shattered. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He could feel a dull ache in his shattered leg, an itch beneath the plaster. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A glass bottle had shattered a few feet away from them, but none of the boys seemed to be injured. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The command came from my mouth as abrupt and jarring as shattered glass. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Shells, gas clouds, and flotillas of tanks—shattering, corroding, death. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Archer shattered the bones in the boy’s hand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There are punch marks in the walls, a shattered window. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z That Saturday, Brian and I were reading on the sofa bed when one of the windowpanes shattered and a rock landed on the floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z As she reached the doors to the castle, the duke grinned at her, and her dreams shattered. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I manage to shield my face with my arms as shattered bits of matter, some of it burning, rain down around me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Blinking against the stinging seawater, I watched as the spikes of rock shattered the stone hull. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z On their banner was a giant in shattered chains that told him that these were Umber men, down from the northlands beyond the Last River. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And last, and to Mrs. Richardson most startling of all: a paper cutout of a birdcage, shattered, as if something very powerful inside had burst free. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They had the shattering, overwhelming strength of earthquake and hurricane and volcano. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Remarkably the Bundt seems unharmed, but the plate shatters against the driveway. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Sure, at the first sight of my phone’s shattered screen, my heart had splintered into a million pieces. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I don’t really know what happened to my face then—it was already busted up, but it must have shattered some more when I heard the news. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And I believe that when they shatter the body they shatter everything, and I knew that all of us—Christians, Muslims, atheists—lived in this fear of this truth. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She should have known better than to focus on the past, but she remembered the day when her old life had been shattered. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z An inner coldness which shattered his bones and tortured him even in the heat of the sun would not let him sleep for several months, until it became a habit. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I’m still figuring what happened when another rock farther away shatters in a shower of dust and splintered stone. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Dany put her heels into her horse and showed them the way, trotting beneath the shattered arch of an ancient gate and down a silent street. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z That shot destroyed the quiet, moonlit peace of the hill, and it shattered my childhood into a thousand fragments that long ago stopped falling and are now dusty relics gathered in distant memories. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The glass from the windows was shattering all around me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion swirled his wine thoughtfully, took a deep draft, and hurled his empty cup to the floor, where it shattered into a thousand pieces. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The bottle she was holding shattered, sudsy beer splattering everywhere. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The remnants of the Stark lines shattered like glass beneath the hammer of their charge. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The building was still standing, but its doors were padlocked, the windows shattered, and the letters K and R missing from its name. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was almost noon when they reached the shattered tower itself. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z It was a cold, hard sound, like ice shattering. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Later, after the brittle splinter of shattering glass, Susan said she knew he didn’t mean to flirt but he must understand that people were horribly presumptuous and the gossip here was vicious, just vicious. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They hadn’t realized that by trying to take the job, May would be driven mad, plagued with fits in which her eyes would glow green and she would have shattered glimpses of her child’s future. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z At the shattered pine tree, a woman knelt at a cave entrance that had cracked open between the tree’s roots. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They dragged it away behind two horses, one of the forelegs dangling in the hide, shattered. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Emotions sometimes lingered, but other times they shattered like thermometer mercury; and wasn’t everything on plan, businesswise? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But the layered petals shatter, falling from her fingers to the ground, disappearing in the blades of ivory grass below. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The glass jar shatters, a sea of black truffles scattering across the floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Her fingers closed around the bomb just as the ice shattered and the winds exploded. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The world might be broken, like David said, but maybe they could create their own sense of wholeness if they could pull their shattered family together again. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z We pick our way around crumpled cars and shattered glass. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Gendry's sword shattered on the man's helm, tearing it off his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Inside my chest, my heart had been racing for what felt like hours, jumping with every shatter or thud from downstairs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But on March 21, the chiefs testimony was interrupted by a shattering event outside the courtroom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s lucky the bullet went straight through the flesh. Any lower and it would have shattered the ankle.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The settee was shattered into pieces beyond counting. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Father, and how I had shattered the sense of understanding we had built. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I put my finger to the next plate and send it shattering to the floor as well. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z A butterfly balloons to the size of a house then shatters into a million stars. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As I stare at the graffiti on an abandoned factory with shattered windows, he takes my hand and squeezes it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Hahn was completely shattered by the news, and said he felt personally responsible,” Rittner reported. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Glass shattered, and the keys of the old upright piano jangled. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When the Two Kings charged, the Targaryen army shivered and shattered and began to run. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He slammed the door of the carriage shut, and the cracked glass shattered completely, letting in the rain. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The glass shattered, and the security gates were torn clean out of their frames. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It seemed ironic that the very love for books that had nourished my dreams of a better life was about to shatter them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They crashed to the floor, shattering and sending bits of white china under the tables. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The back window of another car was shattered, but the glass shards had not fallen; they hovered like ice chunks floating in still water. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She could not smell the smoke, but she heard the glass shatter and the pop and crackle of the wood. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In Seattle, Hazel Ulbrickson and her son Al pounded the glass top of their coffee table until it shattered into dozens of pieces. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The glass shattered, and I stomped again, and the clock hands bent. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was an unsettling moment, and we boys were always glad to get back to our games, yelling and brawling a little louder than necessary to shatter the spell cast on us by the tipple. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Jorge makes loves to me as if he were afraid I might shatter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A policeman swings his club and shatters someone’s skull. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The crack shattered from my ankle to my jaw to my knuckles, like an ice cube plopped into warm squash. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Kasim is the earthquake and he has shattered my heart into a million little pieces. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The shape of his skull could be seen under his skin, and his jaw was clenched so hard Asha feared his teeth might shatter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As it matures, the stem slowly breaks up—shatters, in the jargon—letting the seed dribble to the ground. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I thought I’d known what to expect of Montana—that here a person could not only have dreams, but could hold them and they wouldn’t shatter. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He felt as though he were hidden behind a camera lens, watching another world whirl past in shattered fragments. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z And hell upon those who shatter the holy vessel. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Tally closed her eyes, waiting for the shattering impact of cold water. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z When he finished talking, the applause about shattered the glass in the windows. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They patted Natalie’s shoulders and pressed their hands against the shattered wood and the wall of dirt. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The waters ate most, but a few found the decks of galleys in the first line of battle, spreading flame when they shattered. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I’m glad I came,” she said, and she thought in desolation how brit- de he was now and how easy to shatter, and how she would have to protect him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When he spun around in bewilderment, Aarfy was grinning proudly from ear to ear like something inhuman as he held up a shattered paper map for Yossarian to see. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In the Agriculture Building a giant pane of glass fell from the roof and shattered the table at which, just a few seconds earlier, a young woman had been selling candy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Frank thought his heart might shatter, but he couldn’t blame her. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A brick shatters the front window, landing on our dinner table along with a note. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z My voice shattered in my throat and came out pitchy and emotional. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The sound vibrates in my teeth, in my bones, pulsing until I think something might shatter. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z Prison is designed to break you, but I’m already shattered. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking Chronicler full in the face, the mercenary twisted his hand sharply and the sword broke with a sound like a shattered bell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It shattered on the floor, and precious stones spilled everywhere—emeralds, rubies, diamonds. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Others lose their grips on their wineglasses, which shatter musically against the ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We boarded up the windows of our ground-floor apartment, and I helped my parents tape Xs across the windowpanes to prevent the glass from shattering. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I sensed someone moving next to me on Old Familiar, but right then I could only see snow flurries trickling through a shattered window and flashing red lights against a gray sky. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We were debating whether or not Chubs had broken his toe against an exposed tree root when the wail of a truck’s horn shattered the silence. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And there, at the bottom of the waterfall, strewn across the wet rocks, was the shattered body of the dead robot. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly its harsh bell clanged again, and then broke into a shattering peal. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A pair of fairies near her turned to glass and shattered. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There was the recurring sound of retching and moaning, of laughter, greetings, threats and swearing, and of bottles shattering against rock. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The dome shot up like the lid of a teapot and shattered into a billion pieces, raining rubble over the city. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She had been hovering above their fight, trying to help, and when the necklaces had shattered, she had swooped in. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Her head was bent as she sobbed quietly, and the sound shattered all Percy’s hopes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Don’t mention her and I won’t speak of your Lumumba shattered with machetes like this poor snake and thrown in pieces into an abandoned house in Elisabethville, with the blessings of my hateful homeland. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I know they are supposed to be amusing, and you should be tolerant, but I wanted to swing on one, any one, anything to shatter that superior, simpering composure. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Most of the prisoners are boys or middle-aged men, the shattered remains of companies. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z An orange light flashes, and all at once the window—and the windows above, below, and next to it—shatters into hundreds of tiny pebbles that shower over the Candor below. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He turned over, holding his nose, and a golden light danced and shattered just over his face. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Dear everyone: Written on my heart, all that I lost—my shoes, a donkey friend, a city, the skin of my feet, a goat, my home, my childhood—shattered at the hands of history. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The scream ran on, shattering the air, overpowering the other sounds of war, until it faded in death. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Ten feet from Cedric, Harry dived behind a marble angel to avoid the jets of red light and saw the tip of its wing shatter as the spells hit it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Caleb holds the gun with just his fingertips, like he’s afraid it will shatter in his hands. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z One last time Jason flew at him, kicking him in the chest, and the giant’s breastplate shattered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z That hope was shattered as soon as he climbed above deck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He heard metal crunching and glass shattering, but this was coming from the cars ahead. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Twelve years ago, he was a professional hockey player better known as the Slammer, until he shattered his femur against another player’s head. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It made contact with a shattering thud, sending a web of cracks in every direction. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The door of the slave quarters was slightly ajar, but Ignatius threw himself against it anyway, shattering several panes of glass. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The ice ball shattered as it hit Sigurd’s face, knocking him down. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A shattered store window lay glistening at my feet. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Screams and shattering glass fill the air, and security guards run past us without noticing that we are running away from the dormitories, running toward a place we should not be. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Still I can’t get the sound of our car window shattering that night out of my head. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Horror pierced Mom’s face, the first true emotion to shatter her wall of pleasant, half-true smiles and utter, utter blankness. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My parents treated me like a breakable heirloom, afraid to fight or fret in front of me lest I shatter. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z And there is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter or sink deeply into green muck. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When they shot him in one elbow and then again rapidly in the same place to shatter it, my not-very-reliable control just went and I burst into tears. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The eruption had shattered the mountain, and now a fifty-mile-wide avalanche of rock and mud and melted ice was taking aim at the valley below. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that their parents’ fights got violent or anything like that; words could shatter harder than a glass breaking against a wall, hurt more than a fist plowing through teeth. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She wanted all the statues to shatter on the spot. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He didn’t argue or complain, but he wouldn’t let her throw away the shattered remnants of his Nimbus Two Thousand. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes I wanted it all to be a dream—the missal flung at the etagere, the shattered figurines, the brittle air. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Then a terrific shattering sounded from the far wall and a huge dactyl burst through the window and landed on the desk, Mapper grinning triumphantly on its back. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As soon as the men left the island a thunderbolt shattered the ship. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Annabeth could rearm herself, the Apollo warrior threw a javelin into our right wheel The javelin shattered, but not before snapping some of our spokes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I wondered as I cut through the browned C and promptly shattered the entire crust. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I heard the sound of shattering glass and crunching metal as Rob tried to veer, only to overcorrect. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The glass bowl shattered along the circular depression in its middle, leaving me with a jagged sickle of a shard. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The furniture thumping to the floor, the teapot shattering, and the mayor’s enraged shouts made a clamor that covered the sound of her footsteps as she dashed to the stairway door. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He shattered the window with his crowbar, but she beat him off with her keys until she could drive away. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The void had weakened Aristotle’s philosophy, and the idea of an infinitely large cosmos helped shatter the nutshell universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Mary Anne crashed off the kitchen table, her glasses shattering on the floor, but she came back across the room, running blindly, going into battle against a blurred enemy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And then the spell was broken, shattered with the first gunshot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A moment of peace shatters me and I pull the trigger. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A few stalactite spears lost their grip on the ceiling and plummeted, shattering on the rock-strewn floor like falling icicles in a thaw. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z As if, were she tipped over, she would fall to the floor and shatter. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z We picked our way through, though with little stealth remaining, for each step cracked and snapped as porcelain shattered beneath our heels. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The red liquid rises all the way to the top, so fast it shatters in his hands. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z By the time I get home I feel like my soul has been shattered into a million pieces. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A feeling like relief graced him only a moment, before a voice shattered the night. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z We pass a dying barn with a shattered roof, and a stained mattress shoved up against the speed-limit sign. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I feel like a crystal glass that’s going to shatter if the noise and the tension, if the struggle and the fighting, if the loudness of it all rises even one decibel more. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The pretty blond wireless operator was perched on the edge of a hard chair at the other side of the room, politely looking away from this shattered and grief-stricken enemy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Matthew shattered the silence by whistling loudly, shrilly, and long. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z It is the impetus of that shattering phalanx of iron—spread across the battlefront, inescapable, pulverizing, louder than drums, beating the earth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At any moment there might be a shattering explosion, the glass of the windows would fall inward, the doors would swing open. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Which was why, of course, Trotter tiptoed around the boy as though he would shatter at the least commotion, and why she was death on anyone she caught fooling around with him. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Lithe young maidens danced on marble plinths, draped only in flowers, or poured air from shattered jars. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Suddenly he strikes out at a lamp that sits precariously on a crate and knocks it across the room, where it shatters against the floor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The rest of us had to get used to stepping over broken furniture and shattered glass. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was everywhere: torches and laughter and shattering glass and painters painting windows. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z People are screaming and things are breaking, glass shattering. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I decided that if my house was going to shatter, I would just as soon be in it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Her chair clattered to the ground a second after the glass shattered against the wall behind Dad’s head. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The pieces of so many shattered lives are not going to fit back together again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The glass dome shattered, and the water crashed in. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The attic brain which directed the pumps was shattered into bronze shrapnel on the beams. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Kilvin squinted through the window of his office, frowned, then left and walked to the other end of the shop toward the shattered drench. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I feel my way up the steps to the kitchen and see the glass window in the door has been shattered. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Arnold’s photograph of the aftermath showed a Lilliputian man, possibly Burnham, standing before a great mound of shattered wood and tangled steel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And whenever I hear the strains of a different English, I will still shatter a little inside. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Or his cell phone could fall out of his pocket and shatter into a million pieces. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “And I don’t want to see this dude get his heart shattered all over the place, okay? He seems so innocent. He clearly has no idea what he’s getting himself into.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was just beginning to make sense when the phone rang, shattering his thoughts. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The glass creaks under the pressure of their hands, and then cracks, and then shatters. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The delicate china teacup shattered and tea spilled all over the carpet. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Cook draws herself upright, the brief quiet in her eyes shattered, replaced with something close to madness. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Draco Malfoy was miming the shattering of a nose to raucous laughter and applause. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Kat takes a piece of the lid, places it under the shattered arm, and we wrap all our bandages round it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, it sent him careening into an end table, knocking a lamp onto the floor and shattering it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Noggle calls on a girl with silver hair and a laugh like shattering glass. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My heart is hammering so hard, I feel like it's going to shatter my chest. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The End when a horse breaks its leg, the bone shatters the nerves, the living tissue can’t heal ’cause there’s not enough blood supply. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Petunia appeared on the other side of the shattered window. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The outdoor plaza was covered with twisted metal and shattered glass and broken furniture. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Her legs and arms went out the windows, shattering the glass, and her head crashed through the roof, while people yelled and screamed all around her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The shattered pieces fell away from his arm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They flung themselves down in the shadows that lay among die shattered rocks. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Charles and Syms carried by hand “some few dozen drawers of shells,” so the shells wouldn’t shatter. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Chiron ducked as a plate flew over his head and shattered somewhere out of sight. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The Celestial bronze blade shattered it like a sugar cube. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She pretended to hand me a very delicate ball, and just before I took it, she made like it fell to the ground and shattered. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I jumped up and rushed to the shattered window, where a knot of Gypsies and peculiars were already gathered, peering out. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z A moan shattered the room, knocked us to the floor, where my father put his arms around me and held me while I bawled. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I walk closer and see the window is shattered. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z My glasses lay shattered on the asphalt floor, and I felt a sharp pain in my left eye when I blinked. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z His ideals had been shattered and his youth was over. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Tiny black ants were scurrying over the shattered melons; the flies were rubbing their feet on fragments of pulp and rind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The Chinese shattered MacArthur's armies, causing thousands of casualties and forcing the Americans back beyond the 38th parallel in barely more than two weeks. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a truth that might be shattered by division. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She eased her head out a little farther and saw a shattered bowl, the one her mother had used to serve Henry’s mashed potatoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z That goes double if he has promised to give it active or due consideration. shattered with grief. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl’s eyes were open again, watching him across the fire, reflecting the blaze of shattered ship furniture and picture frames. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He sincerely believed that he would shatter like glass. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Tried folding it between pieces of felt and striking it with a hammer—it did not shatter. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He brings the bottle down on the table so hard I’m afraid it will shatter. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Some unknown force had wrenched and shattered these cubes so that they lay askew, often piled diminishingly on each other. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I’d seen hundreds of shattered windshields in the junkyard, each one unique, with its particular spray of gossamer extruding from the point of impact, a chronicle of the collision. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A jolt of current shattered one of his back teeth. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The glass buckled, some of the pieces shattering and splintering on the floor beside me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Other men were handing whiskey bottles through a shattered window and passing them around. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The vase was taken from a shattered glass case and presented in gratitude. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Now my dad was dead and my mother was shattered. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The human raised the stick, and in front of our eyes our mother and our father burst into blood and fur and shattered bones spattered over the snow. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Many of those whom he falsely accused had their careers permanently destroyed and their lives shattered. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Which it did, there was no denying it, the spotty dark glass shattered like a kaleidoscope and refracting the room into a hundred pieces. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Rashid looked down at the fire extinguisher in his hands then the shattered glass on the floor among the rest of the wreckage and shocked the hell out of Tad when he flashed a grin. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It vibrates through me, shaking my ribs and breaking me apart, shattering me to dust. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z It shattered on the cobblestones and the night air was suddenly filled with the smell of blackberries. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When finally I reached the place, all out of breath, I found her lying dead, with a bullet hole through her middle, right where it had to have shattered the heart. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Meeting her wouldn’t bring Peach back to Grace, or fill the cracks that were threatening to shatter her into pieces, but it would be something. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I felt dull and flat and full of shattered visions. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The altar was shattered, the wall coverings shredded, the walls themselves bare. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned into the dirt path and crashed into the Ford, making the bumper curl up and shattering the window in back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And I'm forced to admit that being in a room with a teenage boy who appreciates the effect of shattered glass slices of color makes me feel better about the world. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Slowly, the hollow lifted us off the ground—six inches, then a foot, then two—only to slam us back down again, shattering the booth windows, raining glass on us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Her dreams of becoming an accountant were shattered after my great-grand- mother did not let her go to high school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z There’s nothing but shattered glass around the empty bar. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The tiled floor was mostly shattered and broken through in places down past the joists. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Some clutched arms that had been shattered by British or Hessian musket balls. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z One by one, as they sensed that the pile was complete, the boys stopped going back for more and stood, with the pink, shattered top of the mountain around them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Some remaining windows, ones in which the colored glass had shattered, were now paned in a thick, ordinary glass that distorted the view through bubbles and ripples. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Hatchet hissed and dropped Sefia as bits of flesh and bone shattered in his arm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A man walked up to the Gladers as the others in his group spread out around them, sweeping their guns left and right as they shot at the observation windows, shattering them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Whole roads are blocked with wreckage and shattered buildings. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The skyblue Plymouth turned in at the gate and crunched over the gravel driveway crushing small shells and shattering little red and yellow pebbles. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of the wounded have their shattered limbs hanging free in the air from a gallows; underneath the wound a basin is placed into which drips the pus. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered his uncle’s car, shattered by bullets. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I looked at the coffin and the marchers, listening to them, and yet realizing that I was listening to something within myself, and for a second I heard the shattering stroke of my heart. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z An empty green bottle flew through the air and shattered at the base of the stage where the director stood. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The sky was completely cloudless, of a blue quite shattering to the senses. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z People always need food—many tried to turn to farming, and in the shattered suburbs, people grew their lawns into paddocks, chicken yards, and plots. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The bedroom doors shatter, wood flying in all directions. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He picked up every dish and jug and bottle they had, looked into ’em, shook ’em, then tossed ’em into the middle of the floor so’s they shattered. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z In wild wheat and barley, a common single-gene mutation blocks shattering. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Women swarmed over her like weasels, pinching her legs and kicking her in the belly, and someone hit her in the face and she felt her teeth shatter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Abruptly, the quiet is shattered by the percussive racket of the helicopter, which spirals down from the clouds and lands in a patch of fireweed. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there was a terrible shattering sound, as if something alive was breaking apart. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Slanting rain hit the bars of the window-grill and shattered into a fine spray over her face and her smooth bare arm. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted the best architects America had to offer, not just for their talent but also for how their affiliation instantly would shatter the persistent eastern belief that Chicago would produce only a country fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Afterwards, Albert picked up the pieces of the shattered crystal goblets and replaced them with others from a cabinet. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Someone had thrown this one hard, with a pretty good arm, from across the room, hard enough to break it to pieces and to shatter the looking-glass behind my head. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then Bast was there, barreling into the mercenary with one shoulder, striking him with such force that the man’s body shattered one of the heavy barstools before slamming into the mahogany bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He's looking at me like I'm breakable—like I'm made of thin glass and one nudge too hard will shatter me into a trillion tiny pieces. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Moving slowly but steadily, I made a rising leftward traverse across the top of the Lhotse Face, then ascended a prow of shattered black schist called the Geneva Spur. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The silence was shattered by one long, loud bawl from Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m barely listening when the peace in our class is shattered by what she says next. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The bullet whistled o’er my head and smacked itself into the train, shattering glass. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He stuck a hand through the bars and waited until Koffi reached to take the bowl from him before deliberately letting it slip from his fingers and shatter on the floor. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There was a mighty racket outside, crunching steel and shattering glass. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Glass shatters at the pawnshop on the next block. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The shattered remains of the thief removed by hovercraft. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z "But then I met this guy and he shattered the illusion." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Sometimes a woman’s voice broke through, and then the men shouted louder, glass shattered violently, and the songs on the jukebox went from boleros about betrayal to guarachas and merengues about the good life. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I had just come from dinner and in bending forward to suppress a belch, I accidentally pressed the button on the wheel and the belch became a loud and shattering blast of the horn. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But Hitler’s superior Aryan-race theories were shattered by a young African-American college student named Jesse Owens, who won an unprecedented four gold medals in track events. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He was smiling, but he also looked like he might shatter at any second. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Valley held her head up, much like she had at the Black Moon Ceremony, and Seven’s heart felt like it had just shattered into a million pieces. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z When we pulled into the driveway, I got out and slammed the door, and I could feel his happiness shattering. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And think of how that vessel was taken, shattered on the concrete, and all its holy contents, all that had gone into him, sent flowing back to the earth. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z At my defense of her, Grandfather slams his hand on an antique entryway table so hard that a vase falls from it and shatters. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I thought about Ade Coker’s glasses, I imagined the thick, bluish lenses shattering, the white frames melting into sticky goo. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The shattering beats made it impossible for me to think — which was the whole purpose of the exercise. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It had taken much less time than I’D thought — all the terror, the despair, the shattering of my heart. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Purple light sprayed upward like shattered glass, and the tide poured through, shredding trees, destroying roads, wiping the Little Tiber off the map. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “It’s possible,” I tell Garrett, because I don’t want to shatter his hopes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z As the alcohol overcomes my mind, I hear the glass bottle shatter on the floor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Something wild and foreign issued a cry within her, shattering through the pain in her head, and thoughts of poppies and cages faded away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I'm real as death, little Laia. Real as shattered bones and traitorous sisters and hateful Masks.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Blood brother,” said a message written in pink paint on the side of a shattered grocery store. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The doll’s head was shattered, and the sand that had filled her body spilled onto the floor from a rip across her back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The roar is back again; stones are shattering the house. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I passed on my way to the gate shacks whose windows had been shattered, whose doors had been busted. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I call out as the ice shatters beneath her, sucking her in, the dark water swallowing her whole. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Once they reach a mansion, the monsters don’t even break stride, bursting through the front doors and shattering the wall of windows. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z On the way we pass through a devastated wood with the tree trunks shattered and the ground ploughed up. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Right then we all heard the sound of a glass window shattering. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But Harvard wasn’t about to let either one of them trash its rep, and Kerns would never wrestle again, not with that shattered shoulder. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It shatters with the first blow—not an explosive sound, more like the popping of a light bulb, followed by the patter of safety glass pellets. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The dishes on the table shattered, everyone ducked and clapped their hands over their ears, and I thought I could hear, from the frozen floors below, cracks spidering through the ice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Only then did he let her clear away the shattered dishes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The window shattering like the ice on a pond in spring and covering us all with little bits of glass. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry hardly noticed the sound of shattering glass; he felt disoriented, dizzy; being struck by a lightning bolt must be something like this. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The girl stumbled over the shattered door and out into the hall, helped along by a firm shove from Timett. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When she looks up again, the figure springs across the low fence and jumps into the river, shattering the light. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m the true definition of a shrink: just a shrunken little person with a family full of shattered people. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Someone, he couldn’t tell who, obeyed Newt’s order; he was being carried across the courtyard, through the front door of the Homestead, down the shattered hall, into a room, placed on a couch. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In the glare of her headlights I saw that our pumpkin had been shattered, its thick shell strewn in chunks across the grass. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Eventually a fact emerged; it was one of his legs, which had been “shattered.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But long before this the Aristotelian demarcation between superlunary and sublunary had been shattered by Brahe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Haggo shattered his wrist with a single, sharp twist of his huge hands. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The car, like a stoned human, stopped moving, and a piece of wrought-iron decoration shattered a rear window. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I honestly feel like my heart is shattering into a million pieces at the thought of Mango lying alone in the cold shed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The wind blew across the wolf den, shattering the heads of the cotton grass and shooting their seedlets south with the birds. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Children’s Tower thrust into the sky as straight as a spear, but its shattered top was open to the wind and rain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His hand went to Adaon’s brooch, and he stared at the shattered hill slope with a look of wonder. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z In a recent study of the reaction to dying in patients with obstructive disease of the lungs, it was concluded that the process was considerably more shattering for the professional observers than the observed. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in the North End knew why the tank shattered—because it wasn’t built right. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Applause shattered the wintery air like breaking glass; Krum had finished — it would be Harry’s turn any moment. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Encanis threw his body tight against the chains again and the sound of his scream shook the earth and shattered stones for half a mile in each direction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Just before I heard the shattering crunch of the van folding around the truck bed, something hit me, hard, but not from the direction I was expecting. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The monsters swooped down, shattering the glass roof of the car, and the entire train toppled off the rails. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Upon a stake in the middle was set a great goblin head; upon its shattered helm the white badge could still be seen. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But no matter how many times I caught the stranger by his shoulder, the moment he turned around, the illusion was shattered. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Watney, on his back, stared blankly upward through the hole in his shattered faceplate. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The silence that follows is shattered by Poppet Murray’s screaming as the pool of blood on the ground spreads beneath her white boots. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z You have to keep it spinning or it falls and shatters.... The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The glass is— The glass shatters under my hand, and water spills onto the floor. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The windows of the library shattered and Cora saw the books burning on the shelves inside. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Joseph’s ears were about as red as ears can get before falling off and shattering on the road. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z She wanted it to raise the seas, take hold of every slaving ship, shatter their masts, and smash their hulls against unforgiving shores. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It lands on a dirty glass, which shatters. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Anatole had already tried to explain to us the societal function of our church, during that fateful dinner that ended in a shattered plate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m nodding back at her like a fellow flower, when the table beneath Broken Me-Blob No. 8 gives way and my self-portrait tumbles to the floor and shatters into pieces. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It shattered and I was left with a thin, curved shard of broken glass about the size of my palm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Even if we hadn’t seen the tan SUV speeding straight for us, it would have been impossible to miss the bullet that blew through the back window and shattered it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The crystal bent and warped until it cracked and shattered into dust. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “When he does, the Crochan will shatter. But,” she added, “there’s only one disagreeable thing about that, the poor duckling who climbs in will never climb out again alive.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the hours that followed were fragments, like bits of shattered glass. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The impact bent the casement and shattered the wooden nose cone. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was such a beauty, I almost regretted having to launch it and see it shattered back on earth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He ran his hand through the blocks of wood while the image of blue glass shattering over white roses swept him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A group of guards stood facing a large iron box, shattered glass littering the floor at their feet. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The smell of blood and the smoke pouring in through the shattered windows made him dizzy and muddled his thoughts. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The gate's rusty hinges squeaked like glass about to shatter. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The oscilloscope shattered right near the front hallway, and when I saw the blood pouring out of Norton’s nose, I was so happy I began to laugh. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Outside the house came the sound of a pistol-shot; the glass of the window was shattered with a bullet, which, ricochetting from the top of the embrasure, struck the far wall of the room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z |
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