Example Sentences

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Relationships thrive on proximity, and the five-year absence from your father’s life may have shredded some of those family ties — at least when it comes to inheritance.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025

In joining the Daszak smear, they have shredded their credibility as of scientific truth, at the very moment when science is most in need of their protection.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024

There have been other games that have shredded the nerves and defied logic, too, such as the 6-5 victory over last-place Dover last season.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023

Inflation and supply-chain snarls have shredded financial forecasts and increased pressure on EV upstarts to reduce costs at a time when investors are closing their check books.

From Reuters • May 23, 2022

Had she followed her own inclination she would have shredded it into pieces, and scattered the pieces over the roadway.

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard