The appearance certainly was not earth-shattering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deception Point]

Granted, it's not earth-shattering news, but still.    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

Nothing really earth-shattering to report from there.    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

Then, earth-shattering news in the Casey Anthony case.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 8, 2009] Reference

A more fundamental, earth-shattering, soul-shaking way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Perfect Lover]

There's more to tell you, but nothing earth-shattering.    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

It just wasn't anything near earth-shattering as a dance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tonya Plank: So You Think You Can Dance Finale] Reference

Also: earth-shattering charges against Israel's president.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2007] Reference

Why did the media treat this like an earth-shattering event?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2008] Reference

And an earth-shattering discovery in the Casey Anthony case.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2009] Reference

Were they earth-shattering or news-making, I don't think so.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2008] Reference

Where is that earth-shattering moment where everything changes?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Video Killed The Rock Star] Reference

COLLINS: We begin tonight with earth-shattering news, literally.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2004] Reference

This is not perhaps that earth-shattering, but it's worth noting.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2007] Reference

BLITZER: Is it a huge, earth-shattering event for the White House?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 27, 2001] Reference

In poor countries, natural disasters are not earth-shattering news.    From Wordnik.com.  [HOPE AMID THE RUINS] Reference

But what had happened in the last day that was so earth-shattering?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Snow Angels]

In her interview, Applegate talked about the earth-shattering diagnosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2008] Reference

A very interesting tape indeed, but nothing earth-shattering on this tape.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2006] Reference

That's an earth-shattering statement, considering the foundation's history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dance Of The Cubans] Reference

How did a major television show get such an earth-shattering event so wrong?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2008] Reference

But after a dramatic split from Motown Records came an earth-shattering match.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2009] Reference

LONG: What is so earth-shattering about some ice breaking loose in the Arctic?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2007] Reference

You know that you can -- what Roe versus Wade did for women was earth-shattering.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 16, 2006] Reference

Andy, can you match that with business news, earth-shattering news like Enceladus?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2006] Reference

Was it about this earth-shattering issue of the relationship, or was it about Iraq?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 20, 2007] Reference

Most mainframes are not doing anything of earth-shattering, time-critical importance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Do We Buy The Myth Of Y2k?] Reference

"These are not earth-shattering issues, though they are quite irritating to parents.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Much Riskier Passage] Reference

SPEARS: Huh? ANDERSON: And then came the earth-shattering day that K-Fed became Fed-Ex.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2006] Reference

I've not made any earth-shattering changes, but just tried to improve my diet in general.    From Wordnik.com.  [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference

And then private eye Jim Hoover makes an earth-shattering claim in the Casey Anthony case.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2009] Reference

And the potential benefits might not be earth-shattering enough to warrant all the trouble.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Barriers Don’t Matter] Reference

Again, nothing earth-shattering, but a little bit of progress that made me extremely happy.    From Wordnik.com.  [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference

What that means is our society has become more steady in producing earth-shattering advances.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pondering The Future's Future] Reference

(MUSIC) (voice-over): It ` s the most earth-shattering news to come out of Hollywood in ages.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2009] Reference

BRYANT: And, widescreen pictures, earth-shattering surround sound without leaving your couch.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2005] Reference

So I mean I don't think it's of earth-shattering significance, but it is of some significance.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2002] Reference

I told him I was making progress but that there was nothing earth-shattering to report so far.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cradle and All]