If one fragment had struck, others could have.

But suddenly a shell exploded very near them, and a tiny fragment of shrapnel struck the woman in the throat.

This fragment of wood which I now exhibit to you struck him.

He and his family are soon reunited, just as the final fragment strikes the city.

Another fragment had struck his hip, which also made Sherrill happy.

A whirling fragment of stone, flung off from the cottage as it collapsed, struck Judd full in the face.

A fragment struck the major in the back and pierced his lung.

He said fragments of the device had struck her.

Angus didn't flinch as the light fragments struck him; made no effort to avoid them.

The shell from one of her 5-inch guns exploded immediately upon leaving the barrel, and fragments struck three sailors.