(1) Her heart felt as if it was hanging onto a single strand of thread, able to break off and shatter into pieces any moment.

(2) It hurt too much; I couldn't trust them not to shatter the already broken pieces of my heart.

(3) The contents break, shatter , explode, leak and escape, usually in the way most damning of the innocent drudge attempting to sort them.

(4) Not wanting to shatter his family, Charles pays up at first, but when more and more money is demanded he decides to fight back, but with disastrous consequences.

(5) We must destroy before they shatter our being with their ignorance.

(6) If she touched her, she was worried the child might break, shatter into a million pieces at the shock of the touch in her personal space.

(7) Out of nowhere, the glass from the windows shatter and the front door is broken.

(8) I flung it through the window causing it to shatter into countless pieces.

(9) Scarlet felt her heart break in two and shatter into pieces.

(10) The crisis will shatter their confidence

(11) I brought my foot down with full force on the glass and heard it shatter into millions of pieces.

(12) Early losses can end a team's season, wreck its confidence, shatter its psyche.

(13) The crisis threatens to shatter the opposition party's bid to retain its status as the majority party in the parliamentary elections.

(14) At the outset, dishonesty in individuals may shatter the sense of loyalty, honesty and responsibility and destroy the foundation of social justice.

(15) An individual may need a crisis to shatter his ego and thereby overwhelm the yetzer hara.

(16) Mr Blackman, a former railway signalman, said his son was shattered .

(17) Then he was shattered by the loss of his wife, who had worked closely with him.

(18) The plate soared through the air, slicing the twilight, before a bullet made contact with it, shattering the porcelain dish in midair.

(19) I was shattered to see how the disease had extended its deathly grip.

(20) Bars will be stocked with toughened and shatterproof glass, staff will be given special safety training, and the company will set up a special community fund to help create a safer environment in town and city centres.