Examples of to shreds in a Sentence
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The black hole's gravity rips the star to shreds, resulting in a huge burst of radiation.
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John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2024
Advertisement More than an hour later, the Lakers having ripped the New Orleans Pelicans to shreds, James walked to the same spot on the floor.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
The family’s Christmas had been ripped to shreds by their toddler in only a few minutes — and the parents now had to race against time to put it all back together.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023
The app launched Friday anyway and was immediately ripped to shreds by the Internet for many security issues.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023
The merger, which probably happened between 8 billion and 11 billion years ago, would have catastrophically disrupted the young Milky Way, ripped the other galaxy to shreds, and sparked a firestorm of new star formation.
—WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
And then periodically, Bertha and/or George will swoop in to absolutely tear one or more of them to shreds.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
Those factors include warm ocean temperatures, which help feed tropical storms, and low wind shear, which allows a storm to retain its structure rather than be torn to shreds.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
Then sit back and watch the Swifties unleash their fury and tear to shreds the Gordian knot that was once catastrophic global warming.
—Ivan Ehlers, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2024
Advertisement More than an hour later, the Lakers having ripped the New Orleans Pelicans to shreds, James walked to the same spot on the floor.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
The family’s Christmas had been ripped to shreds by their toddler in only a few minutes — and the parents now had to race against time to put it all back together.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023
The app launched Friday anyway and was immediately ripped to shreds by the Internet for many security issues.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023
The merger, which probably happened between 8 billion and 11 billion years ago, would have catastrophically disrupted the young Milky Way, ripped the other galaxy to shreds, and sparked a firestorm of new star formation.
—WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
And then periodically, Bertha and/or George will swoop in to absolutely tear one or more of them to shreds.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
Those factors include warm ocean temperatures, which help feed tropical storms, and low wind shear, which allows a storm to retain its structure rather than be torn to shreds.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
Then sit back and watch the Swifties unleash their fury and tear to shreds the Gordian knot that was once catastrophic global warming.
—Ivan Ehlers, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
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“To shreds.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20shreds. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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