cut to pieces
Example Sentences
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Bolduc’s shield, in other words, represents a device that, at the end of the Battle of Thermopylae, would have brought the last surviving Greeks a few agonized seconds before they were finally cut to pieces.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2022
As I looked down after seven hours of exploring the streets, I saw my feet, swollen in the heat, were bleeding - cut to pieces by my seven-year-old weathered sandals.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2017
Ambivalence and uncertainty and distinction-making don’t easily fit the form, and no one wants to give an inch—otherwise you’d be cut to pieces.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 14, 2015
Had the USA abandoned their defensive duties earlier in the game against Belgium, or in one late flurry against Germany, they could have been cut to pieces on the counter.
From The Guardian • Jul. 3, 2014
It was cut to pieces, really, but the pieces were stuck to me.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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