The silence was finally shattered by his order rapped out in a cold, unfamiliar voice.

As with Egypt, its Center role was finally shattered by Islam.

One of organized baseball's club owners had finally shattered its racial barrier.

He had stormed away when his emotional reserve finally shattered against her obstinacy.

The Umayyad army fell into retreat, its morale finally shattered.

Duke Charles the Bold's ambitious plans to create a new middle kingdom however finally shattered with his death in the Battle of Nancy (1477).

The stoic facade of the abandoned people finally shattered.

It was as if his cool, elegant beauty had finally shattered, to be replaced by an infinite weariness.

The trio's illusory tranquillity is finally shattered on their second Christmas together, when a lethal gift arrives on the doorstep.

The windshield finally shattered under the pressure of the lead slugs.