Example Sentences

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This has been the toughest newspaper court battle yet, and if the key allegations in the case are true, they will shred the reputation of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

They have argued that the county’s infrastructure and schools are ill-equipped to handle the new residents who might populate the affected neighborhoods, and that the multiplexes will shred the tree canopy.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2023

The biggest risk in Moore’s bold denials and countercharges is that new evidence, as it emerges, will shred them.

From Slate • Dec. 7, 2017

After Riverside's search committee makes its choice, it will not give the names of also-rans to the deacons who govern the church and it will shred all the papers in its double-locked filing cabinet.

From Time Magazine Archive

‘It’s after curfew. The patrol harpies will shred you!’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan