You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, but the scent of the roses will hang round it still. From LearnThat.org. [Charles Lamb (1775-1834), British writer.]
shatter the plate. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
But I have heard a certain word shatter the chant divine. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917] Reference
The over-run attempt was an attempt at a "shatter". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-12-01] Reference
Current Music: liz phair- "shatter"6 gunslingers | crown me king. From Wordnik.com. [mordicai: crown me king!] Reference
It would shatter young people and destroy the party. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary’s New Math Problem] Reference
The accounting controversies shatter these assurances. From Wordnik.com. [THE TROUBLE WITH FANNIE] Reference
Perot's whole point is to shatter institutions like the CW. From Wordnik.com. ['92 Campaign Edition] Reference
Dr. W: What is the one myth about stress you want to shatter?. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Hendrie Weisinger: The Myth of Stress] Reference
Of course, economic hard times can shatter strained marriages. From Wordnik.com. [Political Child Abuse] Reference
The glass was too thick to shatter but the fish were a mess. From Wordnik.com. [forest in the early morning] Reference
Noor Elashi wants to "shatter stereotypes" about Muslims and Arabs. From Wordnik.com. [Charity or Terror?] Reference
But two new power plants now look certain to shatter that perception. From Wordnik.com. [AHOY! MAN THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS!] Reference
The spell consumed the orb, but to Alysia's surprise, it did not shatter. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.29: Without a Fight] Reference
But something could shatter that confidence, tomorrow or 10 years from tomorrow. From Wordnik.com. [Up Against a Wall of Debt] Reference
But a serious tumble strikes without warning, and can shatter bones in an instant. From Wordnik.com. [The Meaning Of Falling] Reference
Other times the incredible tantrums seem to shatter my patience and break my heart. From Wordnik.com. [THE RISE OF A RELIGION] Reference
Other times the incredible tan-trums seem to shatter my patience and break my heart. From Wordnik.com. [A PEOPLE'S POPE] Reference
We must help shatter the myth that college drinking is an acceptable rite of passage. From Wordnik.com. [A Hard Lesson To Learn] Reference
Continued rivalries and thoughts of vengeance could shatter this fragile opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [How To Put The Pieces Together] Reference
The secretary fears this could shatter his efforts to build a worldwide antiterror coalition. From Wordnik.com. [Powell In The Middle] Reference
Soon enough, however, the clock will strike midnight and the glass slippers may all but shatter. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting, Impatiently, For Venus To Rise] Reference
The new insights they gain can shatter old beliefs, but often also help them deepen their faith. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible's Lost Stories] Reference
Lo dance tune or a perky instructor's command of "work those buns" shatter the anti-glam experience. From Wordnik.com. [Aerobics For Anarchists] Reference
"I was trying to shatter every comic-book cliche," says Lee, now chairman emeritus of Marvel Studios. From Wordnik.com. [Along Came Spidey] Reference
But you may want to spend extra to get polycarbonate lenses, which are impact - and shatter-resistant. From Wordnik.com. [Protect Your Peepers] Reference
Windows: Paint with shatter-resistant coating and install heavy curtains or blinds to stop flying glass. From Wordnik.com. [Life In The Bull's-Eye] Reference
It's one thing to get a child through school, quite another to shatter a legacy of fear, ignorance and stigma. From Wordnik.com. [A Deadly Passage To India] Reference
But a case can be made that Europe's economy is on the verge of a revival that will shatter the American stereotype. From Wordnik.com. [A New Start For Europe?] Reference
JERUSALEM mdash; It took no more than cutting down a tree to shatter four years of calm on the Israel-Lebanon border. From Wordnik.com. [UN Disputes Lebanese Claim Israel Violated Border] Reference
Lebanese Army officers, fearful that their forces would shatter along sectarian lines, largely stayed out of the fighting. From Wordnik.com. [Barricading Beirut] Reference
A blast on the surface could shatter it in to huge pieces that together could kill even more earthlings than the original. From Wordnik.com. [THE SCIENCE OF DOOM] Reference
Cutting off the LDP from the trough would shatter the unholy alliance of the country's ruling party, government and business. From Wordnik.com. [LIGHTING A FUSE] Reference
Treisman is right that education -- and integration -- should shatter stereotypical assumptions instead of accommodating them. From Wordnik.com. [The Realities Of Black And White] Reference
Even if momentum is working for her, she and the Democrats will need a tidal wave to shatter the edifice of American incumbency. From Wordnik.com. [There Might Not Be a Tidal Wave] Reference
Maybe it's because they don't want to shatter Social Security's myths, or let people see how expensive Social Security really is. From Wordnik.com. [SOCIAL SECURITY: A DARING LEAP] Reference
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