in shreds
Example Sentences
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Sabathia capped a decorated 19-year career in 2019 painfully, his left shoulder in shreds with injuries to his rotator cuff, labrum and biceps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
Now, with its verification system in shreds, “it’s making it really easy for advertisers to say: ‘You know what, I don’t need to be here anymore,’ and walk away,” Golden said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2022
Struggling with tears, Svitlana tells me she's fled Kherson because her nerves are in shreds but her husband has refused to come with her.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2022
Baker Mayfield’s prospects appear to be dimming by the week with his left shoulder in shreds and his future in Cleveland is murky at best.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2022
It was the only thing he wore that was not in shreds.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
