And at that moment an ear-shattering rumble behind me.    From Wordnik.com.  [A building wrestling itself to the ground, and I was running] Reference

The ear-shattering din came closer and closer to the tanks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Panzer Aces]

The dogwhistles, even for an old Dawg like me, are ear-shattering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference

The intro and outro, however, were nearly ear-shattering in parts.    From Wordnik.com.  [PodCastle » PodCastle Miniature 001: Stone Born] Reference

There was no answer from Iggy but an ear-shattering yowl from Koko.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cat Who Went Underground]

Their ear-shattering cries for revenge drowned out the roar of the sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once An Angel]

I was spinning through a world of light, dirt, and ear-shattering noise.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soldiers of Halla] Reference

It split with an ear-shattering tear, and she ripped it up to his collar.    From Wordnik.com.  [SEASONS OF GOLD] Reference

Chelsea released an ear-shattering scream and raced into the living room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sin in Soul's Kitchen] Reference

And at the same time, with ear-shattering cracks and creaks, the rocks moved.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Silver Chair]

The sudden silence was more ear-shattering than the noise that had preceded it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Martian Way]

In this narrow space the sixty-cycle note of released power was ear-shattering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference

Her bellow, his bellow, reduced to whispers by the cannon's ear-shattering roar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ringworld Throne]

The Attic has planned an ear-shattering bill and on May 10 will welcome The Fall.    From Wordnik.com.  [FallNews] Reference

Playing music at ear-shattering volume, because of wanting to lose yourself in it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sensitivity Handbook: Training Materials for Developing Balanced Sensitivity ��� Exercise 19: Identifying the Syndromes of Grasping at Mind's Natural Functions for Security] Reference

The shaman cried out shrilly, and with an ear-shattering roar the monster sprang.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan The Warrior]

Hooves clattered on the drive, adding to the ear-shattering cacophony of the bells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once An Angel]

It spied them and let forth an ear-shattering howl of discovery, telling the others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stork Naked]

He didn't speak; he just opened his beak for another of those ear-shattering screams.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eagle And The Nightingale]

There was a tremendous ear-shattering explosion, coupled with a moaning, ripping sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [Icerigger]

He bucked, kicked, flapped his hands, and all the while emitted an ear-shattering squeal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rainwater] Reference

The propeller speeds go supersonic, and the noise at take-off is said to be ear-shattering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Petey's Plane] Reference

I only need to know one thing: is her accent as ear-shattering in this call as it is on television?.    From Wordnik.com.  [New McCain Robocall Stars ... Sarah Palin!] Reference

And this is what really vexes China's leaders and raises their voices into an ear-shattering pitch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rebecca Novick: Tibet's Secret Weapon: An Opinion] Reference

And so matters went on for a time, until suddenly there was an ear-shattering flourish of trumpets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Apropos of Nothing] Reference

The big blades did two more flips; the engine coughed and fired with an echoing ear-shattering roar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The HurricaneStory]

FRANKEN: And a very good evening, Paula, and the very latest is the ear-shattering sound of the jets taking off.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2003] Reference

And then -- incredibly rotten luck -- it came down, with an ear-shattering thwack, on the concrete highway again.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Big Bounce] Reference

Most of them were aimed away from the ship, still the scream of shells and electric discharges was ear-shattering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deathworld] Reference

The earth split open and the world around Hetty erupted in a roaring inferno of purple-red fire and ear-shattering sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [Make Mine Homogenized] Reference

As the sun went down, a pair of Providence, R.I., bands proved that their town was a hotbed of ear-shattering chaos before Baltimore.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Baltimore, Whartscape goes out on a high note] Reference

From beyond the nearest shoulder of land sounded suddenly some gigantic and hoarse whistle, an ear-shattering roar of warning and urgency.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915] Reference

It seemed that two must have fallen and burst close by, the noise had been so ear-shattering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley] Reference