The good feelings were quickly shattered.

The momentary peace was quickly shattered by the shrill telephone.

The stillness of the novel's opening is quickly shattered by the first of several moments of horrific violence.

The calm quickly shattered.

Any hope that the Act of 1971 would form a long-lasting compendium of the law in this field was quickly shattered.

But she said her serenity was quickly shattered through a series of aggressive encounters before the night was over.

So on the night of July 11, when a dozen unidentified men attacked the camp with machine guns and grenades, the defenders were quickly shattered.

Her dream is quickly shattered when the store manager is badly hurt and she realizes that she is filming an actual robbery.

"Well, he certainly got over having his life shattered quickly."

In the meat grinder of modern warfare, the close-knit, 12-man units she observed would be quickly shattered, with or without sexual braggadocio.