shot to pieces
Example Sentences
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They look to me like a side whose confidence has been shot to pieces.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2023
The players' confidence has been shot to pieces and they're 11 points off top spot.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2022
He looked shot to pieces although, as ever, he trooped through his various media obligations with stoicism and dignity.
From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2018
But in the performances of those nations, and in particular the last two standing, New Zealand and Australia, came the perfect definition of perfection: producing nerveless rugby when nerves should be shot to pieces.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2016
They were boys and men past middle age, and two veterans who had been shot to pieces in Russia.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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