Hopes shattered into pieces.

Meaning: This sentence is describing how someone's hopes were broken and destroyed. It's like saying, The child's hopes of finding their lost toy were broken and destroyed.

Choice of Words: Hopes are wishes or desires for something to happen. Shattered means to break into small pieces. Into means to a place or position inside something. Pieces are small parts of something that has been broken. When you put them together, it means that the person's hopes were broken and destroyed.

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Related Expressions

• Glass shattered into pieces.
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• Jar broke into many pieces.
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• He accidentally dropped the glass and it shattered.