Example Sentences

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“This is shredding it. This is tearing it apart.”

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025

Carter Kieboom, 21, is shredding the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2019

Millie is Sisyphus and her boulder is shredding documents.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2019

An increasingly secular, nomadic and casual America is shredding the rules about how to commemorate death, and it’s not just among the wealthy and famous.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2019

The second, the kitchen-maid, is shredding macaroni for to-morrow noon.

From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb