shattered

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And the first of the dwellers in Witanbury Close to have that comfortable feeling shattered--shattered for ever--was Mrs. Otway She was about to pay a late call on Mrs. Robey, who, after all, had not taken her children to the seaside.

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  • As we got up to them, we found that the houses were roofless, shattered, and blackened, while near them were the remains of what was once a large store. —  In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting
  • The whole party is shattered, and give me leave to say it, if God had not brought them upon us, we might have marched 3000 horse to death, and not have lighted on them, and truly it was a strange Providence brought them upon him. —  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
  • With one blow against Butch the long sword was shattered, and the silver armor fell away from Rimrak like the hulls from a ripe hickory-nut. —  Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country
  • Now my nerves are shattered--intellectual, moral, physical anguish permeate in every part. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
  • Here again I had no reason to doubt the originality of my plot; and here once more was my confidence shattered, and I was forced to confess that fiction can never hope to keep ahead of fact After the 'Twinkling of an Eye' was published in the newspapers which had joined in offering the prizes, it was printed again in one of the smaller magazines. —  Tales of Fantasy and Fact
 

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