At the commencement of last century, the ship Royal Charlotte being in Diamond Harbour, on the Hoogley, was struck by lightning and blown into a thousand pieces, through the explosion of her powder magazine.
Fonvielle, broken to a thousand pieces, and the outer part of an iron bar was volatilized.
At every stride they covered twenty miles, and as they drew near Quickeye fixed his burning eyes on the mountain; in an instant it split into a thousand pieces, and in one of these sparkled the precious stone.
Then they all scrambled through the window into the room, breaking the glass into a thousand pieces as they did so.
Everything I look at catches fire, or, if it cannot catch fire, it falls into a thousand pieces.
But as he laughed a loud crash was heard, the window fell into a thousand pieces, a gold ring glittered in the air, and the princess stood before the enchanter.
With these words, her Fate ran to all the cupboards, dragged out the linen and clothes of Catherine's mistress, and tore everything into a thousand pieces.
But Giufà pounded on the anvil so hard that the iron flew into a thousand pieces.
But, remember, if you should reveal this news to any one your head will split into a thousand pieces.
Brahma, "I will inform you what it wrote; but if you disclose it to anyone your head will split into a thousand pieces.
You can place more faith in me, a tiger, though I feast sometimes upon men, in a serpent whose sting makes your blood cold the very next moment, or in a rat, which does a thousand piecesof mischief in your house.
Again did Brahma take an oath from him not to communicate the fortunes of the second child, with the curse that if he broke his oath, his head would split into a thousand pieces.
But the wine I had drunk had confused my brain; I gave one kick to the talisman, and it fell into a thousand pieces.
This being done (as I have every reason to expect), two of my servants will enter, each bearing a purse containing a thousand pieces of gold.
The other roe, to our misfortune, threw his messy burden so exactly upon the middle of the ship, as to split it into a thousand pieces.
But all was in vain our endeavours had no effect; the sails were split in a thousand pieces, and the ship was stranded; several of the merchants and seamen were drowned and the cargo was lost.
Deliver him, and send him back with the calf, or else there is a fine of a thousand pieces.
Captain, "the Projectile would have been dashed into a thousand pieces and we along with it.
Hold-fast, hold him fast; Tear and Quick-ear, tear him into a thousand pieces!
I will let him know at the same time, that it is my Intention to make him a Present of a thousand Pieces of Gold on our Marriage-Night.
The Man still ventur'd a third Step, when the Statue with a furious Blow broke the Lamp into a thousand Pieces, and left his Guest in a sudden Darkness.
If the polypi should seize hold of you as you return through the wood," said the witch, "throw over them a few drops of the potion, and their fingers will be torn into a thousand pieces.
The spring flood was lifting the ice covering, which brake into a thousand pieces.
So saying, they tore the swan's plumage into a thousand pieces, the feathers drifted about like a snow-shower, and then the two deceitful princesses flew away.
You shall sing only when it pleases you; and I will break the artificial bird into a thousand pieces.
The queen promised he should; and to give a further mark of her gratitude, she caused a bag of a thousand pieces of gold to be given him.
Sir,' said the captain, 'the merchant is very poor, and your majesty will do him a singular favour if you give him a thousand pieces of silver.
Now, into this jar I had put, with some olives, a thousand pieces of gold.
The caliph easily avoided the blow, being thrown by a person in drink; but the dish striking against the wall, was dashed into a thousand pieces.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thousand pieces" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
