shred
noun
a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
were shredding
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past progressiveof shred.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It didn’t matter that he’d barely slept the night before or that the bushy Joshua trees and pinyon pines were shredding his skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
He did not even note that a fog-sodden breeze had begun to puff spasmodically from the east and that the mists were shredding overhead.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Holman Day
They were shredding out into the desert with their faces set for the coast.
From The Green Flag by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
