Calling of angels, Tears of dragons
The heavy thumbs of the shells exploding in the air and shrapnel raining down upon them. allen was lucky the shells have been set way to high else tanith's wings would have been blown into a thousand pieces.
Seth's Revenge
Hundreds died from the shrapnel that this storm cast, but the majority cowered in the centre of town, beseeching anubis for salvation.
Elsewhere, Chapter 6: Hard Landing
Kamala caught a glimpse of one of the ovoid robots bursting into shrapnel before she spun away, covering her head with her upper arms and clamping onto roger with her lower arms. "ow!"
Red Storm chapter 2
He fished around for the shrapnel, or whatever hit him, but all he was doing, he reasoned, was making it bleed more. he stopped and continued to hold on to his wounded leg. a couple minutes past, the two sitting silently under this tree.
My Great Big Brother - A Band of Brothers
He pulled the pin and threw it with all his might toward an approaching squad of insurgents, who didn't see it land in the darkness and were promptly filled with shrapnel upon the grenade's detonation.
Integration: Part Four
The heavy suits were layered with thick armor plating that were designed to contain and disperse heat from energy weapons as well as protect against anything that might get flung around in a battle, such as shrapnel.
Arena, Chapter 2
Cora's rocket struck the front of the van, ripped it apart in a split-second, and the shrapnel shredded the three who'd tried to escape. grishnag stepped around cora and took her own shot while cora reloaded.
CHAPTER 3 - COFFEE AND GUNPOWDER
“i've been there, a chunk of shrapnel half an inch lower and i wouldn't be here today. way i see it is that it was your shrapnel and it lets you know how lucky you are to still be breathing oxygen. so don't dwell on it too much alright?"
THE FRONT
shrapnel splintered wood near scott's side and he felt a new surge of fear, he didn't want to die. then a shell whistled overhead and exploded near the support trenches, showering the fighting anthros in mud and shrapnel.
Fubar
Heat licked her scales and shrapnel hit her scaled hide. dazed and confused she did not know what happened. the scent of blood and fire filled her nostrils, causing her to snap to action.
The Dead Among Us (Chapter 3: Just for Snickers)
Fel bled like a stuck pig, which i've personally never seen happen, but that's because he did indeed take shrapnel to the thigh. my biggest worry is that it had sliced open his femoral artery, and you don't just survive that.
Chapter 8- Death’s Edge
"more or less," comes a third, mysterious voice, "if you call bloody as hell and full of shrapnel 'fine'. thankfully none of the metal made it anywhere near your heart or you could've been gone permanently."