Shatter is an English word with synonyms like burst or bust. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Shatter in a sentence
Related words
Shatter meaning
- To violently break something into pieces.
- To destroy or disable something.
- To smash, or break into tiny pieces.
Using Shatter
- The main meaning on this page is: To violently break something into pieces. | To destroy or disable something. | To smash, or break into tiny pieces.
- Useful related words include: burst, bust, break.
- In the example corpus, shatter often appears in combinations such as: to shatter, shatter the, shatter and.
Context around Shatter
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shatter
- In this selection, "shatter" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, handedly, descendent, easily, machine, proof and anything stand out and add context to how "shatter" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include began to shatter and better to shatter one s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shatter" sits close to words such as aesthetically, apa and aqsa, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shatter
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Icicles shatter like glass. (4 words)
Bombing can shatter the calm in a second. (8 words)
D.s or that your product is shatter-proof. (9 words)
Duni Hebron, a 20-year DNC attendee and real estate broker, told Salon that Chisholm's career and campaign created a "pathway for us to dare, to dare to become, to break down whatever barriers that's in the way" and shatter the glass ceiling. (45 words)
The artist Jeff Koons' famous sculptures might look like they're made from balloons -- but the works are actually fragile, as one art fair attendee found out when she knocked over a US$42,000 Koons piece Thursday, causing it to shatter. (42 words)
Car owner Hamzeh Natsheh said the windows of his Ford F-150 truck didn’t shatter, but it appeared that someone tried to break into it four times based on the marks on the window. (35 words)
His depth depends on the shovel test — are the lower layers dry enough to shatter? (15 words)
Claudio then flips Brandon Cutler straight into a Shatter Machine from FTR! (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
After everything she's been through, Claire vows that this won't shatter her.
But as the film lurched on, they slowly began to shatter.
D.s or that your product is shatter-proof.
His depth depends on the shovel test — are the lower layers dry enough to shatter?
However, this isn’t foolproof, as high-powered shots can shatter anything in their path.
I don't understand why Sir Keir Starmer thinks imposing VAT on private school fees will 'shatter the class ceiling'.
Kylian Mbappe has scored in eight of his last nine Champions League appearances at the Parc des Princes and could single-handedly shatter the Magpies’ dreams of getting out of the group.
The artist Jeff Koons' famous sculptures might look like they're made from balloons -- but the works are actually fragile, as one art fair attendee found out when she knocked over a US$42,000 Koons piece Thursday, causing it to shatter.
The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion saw Tiber Septim's last-living descendent shatter the Amulet to save Tamriel from the Oblivion Crisis.
Better to shatter one’s teeth attempting to bite off Gerlachovský štít (peak) than to fatten yourself on the light of Santorini sun pouring down your face like heavenly cascades of olive oil.
Bombing can shatter the calm in a second.
But following on from a number of falls by the 81-year-old US leader, members of his team are said to be fearful another tumble could shatter his re-election hopes.
Car owner Hamzeh Natsheh said the windows of his Ford F-150 truck didn’t shatter, but it appeared that someone tried to break into it four times based on the marks on the window.
Claudio then flips Brandon Cutler straight into a Shatter Machine from FTR!
Duni Hebron, a 20-year DNC attendee and real estate broker, told Salon that Chisholm's career and campaign created a "pathway for us to dare, to dare to become, to break down whatever barriers that's in the way" and shatter the glass ceiling.
For instance, the Boston Celtics are averaging over 51 three-point attempts per game, which would easily shatter the current record for three-pointers attempted in a season.
FTR hit a Shatter Machine on Matthew and threw Okada out of the ring.
He told Virgin Media’s Gavan Reilly that the election will “shatter the illusion that there’s any sense of inevitably about Sinn Féin being in government”.
However, after seeing her, his glasses shatter as he is overwhelmed by how cute she is.
Icicles shatter like glass.
Common combinations with shatter
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to shatter 38×
- shatter the 31×
- shatter and 7×
- could shatter 6×
- will shatter 6×
- and shatter 5×
- would shatter 5×
- can shatter 4×
- or shatter 4×
- shatter their 4×