1) His mother's death was a shattering blow.

2) It was a shattering blow to her pride.

3) The typewriter was shattering continously.

4) I've had a shattering day.

5) The blast caused extensive damage, shattering the ground-floor windows.

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7) It was a shattering schedule - seven meetings in two days.

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13) The glass tube shattering in a Thermos bottle?

14) The effects of verbal abuse can be shattering.

15) Its suppression after Everett's death was a shattering blow.

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22) They are the spearhead of the Imperial army, capable of shattering almost any enemy line under the right circumstances.

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26) Finally, there had been the last few months, when everything had fallen apart with such shattering swiftness.

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30) The car reels and swerves up on to the pavement, crashing into a shopfront and shattering itself and the window panes.