How To Use Shred In A Sentence

If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
Over the winter months we've been doing a great deal of clearing up on our part-neglected croft garden, grubbing out and shredding dead shrubs and cutting back those that have either grown too large or are crowding others.
As it becomes more expensive to dump dangerous waste, so the economic advantages of shredding deteriorate.
Women wore short, thick kilts of shredded tulles or skirts of deerskin.
Pastilla is a layered pastry dish combining almonds and shredded meat.

To date, however, there is not a shred of credible evidence to support the belief that ETs have already visited us.
Experts claim writedowns on commercial properties will tear a shred through quarterly results next Monday. The Sun
He watched the heavy blue fabric shredded open with the ragged capillary signature of summer lightning. KING OF THE MOUNTAIN
That said, they are still out to pummel, and their singer's caterwaul has never sounded more throat-shredding.
As the debris passes through the impeller that would normally be providing air flow to push leaves, it is shredded to many times its original size before entering the vacuum bag.
Top with the seared chicken, then sprinkle over the shredded mozzarella and tomatoes. Times, Sunday Times
The amphipod Gammarus tigrinus exhibits a range of feeding behaviors, including that of macrophagous grazer and shredder, and predator / cannibal.
On the other hand, his glutes and hams have never been as shredded.
Cut skin and fat from the hams, pull meat off the bone and cut up or shred into pieces. Times, Sunday Times
YGBSM said ... an absolute favorite breakfast taco of mine, that gets stares from every taqueria counter girl i've ever ordered it from is: chorizo con huevos, with a veneer of frijoles refritos, shredded cheese and a slice of bacon. my friends refer to it as the hand-held heart attack. gotta love living in sa, where there's no shortage of great breakfast taco places. Breaking the fast with tacos | Homesick Texan
Topped with shredded carrots and a very sweet dressing, it also featured plump raisins sprinkled throughout, a very nice touch.
Can you imagine a moggie carrying Sunday papers with all those supplements, or fetching letters without scratching them to shreds?
They are shredded and used again to surface playgrounds and horse training tracks.
Lomax's car was badly damaged and had a smashed windscreen and two shredded tyres.
Chop the chilli finely, removing the seeds if you wish (leaving them in will make it hotter) and add it to the dressing with most of the finely shredded mint (and coriander) leaves.
The clouds have no notion of being caricatured, and the trees keep cautiously away from the brink of such streams -- save, perchance, now and then, here and there, a weak well-meaning willow -- a thing of shreds and patches -- its leafless wands covered with bits of old worsted stockings, crowns of hats, a bauchle Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
The language is a wild mixture of vaquero-cowboy Spanglish and the King James Bible — you ' ll find words like " pulverulence " and " sudorific, " and one character says, without a shred of irony: " Lo, would you behold what has arrived? Southwestern Gothic
Try shredded pak choi, sliced shitake mushrooms, a handful of beansprouts, sliced mangetouts, cooked egg noodles and fresh crab meat.
More alarmingly, the degree and extent of the complicity involved is shredding the credibility of the Hierarchy.
The second look, "Logan's look," also demonstrates a "recessionista" trick -- how to make a blouse out of the confidential and potentially damning documents your boss asked you to shred during the Wall Street melee. Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 7 Recap: Kind of Blue
One of the striking things that stand out with gymnasts are their amazing arms and shoulders ... even the guy who finished 30th at Nationals was ripped with each and every nuance of the deltoids, triceps and biceps shredded.
I frosted her birthday cake with a plain buttercream that I added coconut extract to, then covered the whole thing in unsweetened shredded coconut. Archive 2009-03-01
Cardboard collected from local companies is shredded and used for animal bedding on the farm and turned into compost.
There's a tender, flattened, finely crumbed chicken milanesa plate with the same rice and plantains, and a pabellón criollo plate that adds heaps of black beans and chewy, pleasant shredded beef to the rice and plantains.
Cram the lumps of chicken into hot pitta bread with the spiced yoghurt and some shredded crisp lettuce.
Picky Penny proceeded to order the chipotle chicken wrap with no onions, no peppers, light on the shredded spinach, cheddar instead of pepper jack, and the chipolte dressing on the side.
Heat chicken stock with peeled and finely shredded garlic cloves.
Safely disposing of any financially sensitive information took up too much time, especially after my shredder conked out.
After delivery to the nursery it is shredded, and then stacked in long piles in an adjacent glasshouse.
Use a couple of forks to pull the lamb meat into shreds. Times, Sunday Times
Stick in hand, leathery skin and leather chappals worn to shreds, his dispossession was clear from his finely twirled white moustache and neat beard.
O always asks me for shreddies, G for syrup and C for an obscure tropical fruit that he wants to try. Archive 2007-09-01
I greatly enjoyed the wild boar - I started with carpaccio of beef with shredded sharp cheddar cheese on a bed of greens and finished with creme caramel.
Peel the skin then finely shred the flesh using 2 forks. Times, Sunday Times
Amy Sussman for The Wall Street Journal Bomba, at left, is an arepa made with shredded chicken, sliced avocado and Guayanes cheese. Venezuelan Flavor in Queens
You can put shredded paper in the recycling bin.
He lost so much fat that he was able to transform his flabby body into a shredded physique complete with ripped abs!
This is due to its construction: Recycled plastics are shredded into flakes and heat-pressed into the mold of said desired shape.
By the last sibling it would be in shreds.
Had it somehow occurred to him that swimsuit modeling (if you can call microscopic shreds of fabric "swimwear") has absolutely nothing to do with sports, unless you count the "sport" of girl-watching, which is a passé, politically incorrect and pathetic pastime, especially for middle-aged men? LJWorld.com stories: News
Timber would be shredded to produce wood chips for the production of mulch, chipboard or compost.
The "Pigeon in Crispy Pastille" in the Moroccan restaurant is a delicate patty of tender shredded pigeon in crispy layers of millefeuille, an edible work of art, while the "Orange Salad" dessert offers magical orbs of orange ambrosia that burst in your mouth like citrus caviar. Being a Paying Guest of the King
Man, I almost choked on my shreddies, that is SUCH a classic totally ignorant American point of view! Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
For assuring your privacy, a shredder is the first action. Craigslist | all for sale / wanted in chicago
My worst habit is putting a bowl of rice in the microwave with shredded ham on top. Times, Sunday Times
Fish with torn gills die as inevitably as you would if your lungs were shredded.
The full-jib was also set, and, as it departed in shreds, the fore-topmast staysail was being hoisted. CHAPTER XXXVIII
Some shred the beetroot, some julienne it, and some cube it, while modernists whiz it in a food processor.
Meanwhile, shred the meat from the bones, discarding fat and sinew. Times, Sunday Times
In general, all garden shredders have a high watt motor and come with silent crushing system.
Using a Y-shaped potato peeler, shred the zucchini into fine ribbons.
When a trucker whose RFID card grants him port access approaches the gate, the gate goes up, and the tire shredders stay down.
You can find wicker baskets at your local ‘pound shop’ and paper from your shredder makes great lining.
However, the side of scalloped potatoes was creamy and excellent and there was a generous portion of steamed vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, beans, shredded carrots, peas) that made it feel like a holiday dinner.
With two forks, shred the meat. The Sun
They now have a bigger incinerator and have invested in fine shredders.
It will shred them and mix them with grass clippings, perfect for a hungry compost heap. Times, Sunday Times
Tony was in a band called The Ninth Plague and basically shreds on the guitar.
He had a hot temper and a weekly column in which he could publicly tear to shreds anyone who dared gainsay him or meddle with his works.
It's celebrating its second birthday by shredding brokerage accounts and terrifying shareholders.
Feed them on brine shrimp, tubifex and later on shredded fish.
Shred about 10 ounces cooked beef brisket or chuck.
The jacket was torn to shreds by the barbed wire.
The critics tore his performance to shreds.
It used raw, shredded pumkin and I bet it would have been better if it had been precooked and mashed And the DJ family sits down to their Thanksgiving repast « Dating Jesus
At the film's end, Harry is left alone in his destroyed apartment, torn to shreds in a vain search for a planted microphone.
Simply drag and drop files to the shredder icon on your desktop.
Arizona State maintained a shred of momentum early in the second half.
Families and decency have been torn to shreds, with the state passing off doctrinarian instead of education. Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
However, he soon finds the laconic Charlotte to be more than he bargained for, as she shreds every assumption or attempt at social niceties that he makes.
The tender inside leaves can be shredded finely for tasty salads and braised red cabbage is fantastic.
The faint sourness of a pumpernickel baguette combined with slightly shredded slow-cooked salmon, watercress, and wasabi aioli is a delicious contrast of flavors.
I try to tell her it's alright, that whatever shred of jealousy I had had disappeared long back.
Rich -- a combination of Jimi Hendrix and Keith Richards -- jerks and shreds the guitar so hard you can almost see the electricity running through his body, while Dan knocks over drums, aerobically pounds on symbols, and behind his swooping bangs you can see his closed eyes and meditative expression. Mihal Freinquel: When Style Meets Music: Aja Volkman of Nico Vega
Today's pies are made from the sweeter ingredients and usually contain shredded suet, raisins, sultanas, apple, and candied orange and lemon peel.
Yet the real battle for England is hoping its cricket revival is not going to be torn to shreds in this game by a rampant Aussie team who simply refuse to show any mercy to the old enemy.
Shred then chop the sage and pull the leaves off the thyme stalks. Times, Sunday Times
Stop sparrows and finches from shredding crocus blossoms by placing foil pinwheels - the kind sold for children's Easter baskets - every few feet among the flowers.
His fingers flew across the frets while I was sure the plectrum he was holding should have been worn to shreds as he played.
Shred the lettuce and arrange it around the edge of the dish.
Shredding your statements and receipts is also a good way to protect yourself from ‘bin raiders’, who piece together personal financial information from your rubbish.
When not on the snow, this 16-year-old shredder can be found refining his skating style.
Far below, beneath shreds of glistening cloud, York is laid out like a map: the Ouse glinting in the sun, the Minster rearing above the clutter of buildings around its feet.
He does not have a shred of evidence to prove his claim.
Her normally perfectly coifed black hair hung in long tangles, and she wore an ancient gown torn into shreds.
It seems those requests have gone virtually unheeded in subsequent years, since hard, shredded bodies have been rewarded with top spots in the lineup.
You generally need to remove the thick spine before finely shredding the leaf.
Shred one medium carrot into ribbon strips with a potato peeler, repeat with one medium courgette.
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A few well aimed bites and the bag is shredded, the catnip is everywhere, and you have a wonderful mess to sweep up.
Cut the remaining ginger into thin discs, then slice these across so they form fine shreds. Times, Sunday Times
The performances on A Concept from Fire are technically flawless - but that is the bare minimum in an age where metal musicians practice constantly and shredders are commonplace.
The dish did come with some great guacamole, seasoned rice, and a salad of lettuce and shredded carrot with a creamy dressing.
The shows are filled with PhD's and experts claiming this and that with hardly a shred of real truth brought to the fore.
Watching these two clowns spending millions ripping each other to shreds is going to be entertaining to watch. Romney PAC raises $1.6M in six months
Crush or tear into shreds to release more of their aroma. Times, Sunday Times
Now if you will excuse me, I'm going out into my back yard, and rototill a huge amount of dried shredded deciduous leaves down into my worm castings, and continue propagating my current bushes and black raspberry sprouts. Dennis Wingo - Why Space? Why Now? - NASA Watch
_trouse_, is of every-day use in this county of Hereford for trimmings of hedges; that it is given by Grose as a verb in use in Warwickshire for trimming off the superfluous branches; and lastly, that it is employed as a substantive to signify shreddings by Philemon Holland, who, if I rightly remember, was many years head master of Coventry Grammar School: Notes and Queries, Number 189, June 11, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
Eventually though, I end up with shredded hubs, broken spokes and cracked rims.
This terrine comes to the table with bowls of croutons, shredded Emmentaler cheese and a big bowl of rouille. Bayou Boy John Besh
I agree with you! corey on Jul 10, 2009 im glad chris pine as leonardo brad pitt as rapheal robbie amell as donatello nick palatas as michealengo kate melton as venus jet li as the shredder htis will be a good ninja turtle movie so iglad im a ninja turtle fan so i will see the new teenage mutant ninja turtles movie in theatres 2011 see ya. andries price on Aug 7, 2009 Rumor: Return of the Live Action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?! « FirstShowing.net
With its clear chicken broth, bits of green onion, finely shredded cabbage and artfully fastened dumplings, said soup is a fine way to begin your feast.
When I worked as a stagehand on TV shows it was shredded polyethylene film.
A few croutons, some red cabbage shreds and a few wedges of tomato unimaginatively rounded things out.
Add the corn and any shredded white turkey meat and dash of cream to taste. The Sun
I think Mapo beancurd and shredded meat in chilli sauce are quite special.
For a finer mulch, run needles through a chipper or shredder.
Always monitor your monthly billing statements and credit reports, and shred any documents that contain personal information.
John Bonham rips apart the drums, Robert Plant sings his patented sexual style of the blues, Jimmy Page shreds on that double guitar and John Paul Jones keeps it all together with a rock-solid bass line.
Urschel Laboratories Inc. designs and manufactures cheese shredders.
Now add the salmon, removing the skin and tearing the fish into bite-sized pieces or shreddy bits, as you wish. The Sun
Stalk lengths shredded in the transverse direction of the leafstalk do not give rise to any problems and need not be removed.
The DVD / CD shredder is able to destroy data at a very fast rate - up to 30 DVD / CDs a minute.
The medium coarse grating surface is terrific for zesting citrus fruit, grating nutmeg or ginger, and shredding hard cheeses like parmesan or pecorino romano.
To refine on the primitive experiment let us replace the shreds by a pithball hung from a support by a silk thread, as in figure 2. The Story of Electricity
The main hole in this theory is that there is not one shred of evidence. Times, Sunday Times
His reputation, already tarnished from past misdemeanours, was shredded beyond repair. The Sun
The main hole in this theory is that there is not one shred of evidence. Times, Sunday Times
I would guess it too won't be overlooked by those remaining fence-sitting superdelegates - leastwise those who possess a shred of self respect. Updates On The Richardson Endorsement
I'm big on the front page of both, raved about in one and torn to shreds in the other. The Sun
The bow was a piece of bent bamboo with shredded abaka for the bow-strings. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China
The company recovers tyres from collectors and shreds them before selling the result as either lining for landfill sites or rubber crumb for all weather sports surfaces and carpet backing and underlay.
Within was a frumenty of beans rich with shreds of dried pig, and made savoury with turnips, cabbages, and onion.
The winner was John Lee, who was very cut, with shredded legs and superb calves.
Shredded carrots are soused in soy sauce (and possibly sesame oil) and mixed with sesame seeds, coriander and arame, a Japanese algae seaweed product.
Now, the protective propaganda cloak is shredding. The Spineless Huffington Post Gives ‘Equal Time’ « Antiwar.com Blog
The pinas are roasted, shredded and the juice pressed out and put in tanks.
Shred the meat then return it to the casserole dish with the beans. Times, Sunday Times
The garden shredder also aids in shredding debris from punning your hedges.
I averted my eyes from the nasty little corpse and my gaze fell on the several shreddy parts that were all that remained of my left tennis shoe. Asimov's Science Fiction
Mix the arrowroot with one teaspoon of cold water and stir into the syrup along with the shreds.
Stir in tomatoes, shredded basil leaves and 1 teaspoon salt.
Creative chefs top potatoes with smoked salmon or caviar, or shred raw potatoes as a coating for baked fish or shrimp.
Sure, you can still find shredded wheat, bran cereals, muesli, and other healthy standbys.
Mortified by the embarrassment of this mistaken identity, I log off and retire to bed early to consider whether there's any possible way to turn this ridiculous situation around with a shred of dignity.
The blankets were shredded, as were the pillows, the feather stuffing strewn everywhere.
When asked about the last time they had fun at work, people told Kaye about spontaneous after-work trips for pizza and decorating the boss 'office with five bags of confetti from the shredding machine. USATODAY.com - Win the battle by recruiting the best candidates
To treat government spending as if it involves feeding money into a paper shredder is to ignore that principle: Money Is Neither Created Nor Destroyed. Why is it surprising that tax cuts have a bigger effect than spending increases in the real world?
As they wrap themselves in the Constitution they mean to shred, that is the self-evident Truth the Tea/GOP Party ultimately cannot face. Harvey Wasserman: The Tea Party/GOP Would Hate Our Actual Founders
The skin of the oranges is peeled and the peels are shredded into small pieces.
Let's see ... pornography has been strictly and totally off limits for kids since forever, but letting them virtually hack other people, monsters, and aliens to bloody shreds in exquisite, life-like detail and with the most vicious weapons imaginable is (ho hum) tolerated, if not exactly condoned? High court accepts case over violent video games
This one is surely the first to have ripped to shreds his own reputation and standing. Times, Sunday Times
Looking back, the precipitous shreds of sheeting rain effectively sanctioned a cordon between himself and what had gone before.
Marie shredded the book's pages, enclosed the shreds within gel capsules, put the capsules inside a glass druggist's bottle, and sealed the bottle with a cork stopper.
We've had a few punctures and a tyre shred plus chickens running out at us but otherwise we're doing ok.
It seemed a glow to him, a warm and trailing vapor, ever beyond his reaching, though sometimes he was rewarded by catching at shreds of it and weaving them into phrases that echoed in his brain with haunting notes or drifted across his vision in misty wafture of unseen beauty. Chapter 11
With a new book by Hugh Wheeler, added lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and arena-style staging by Hal Prince, "Candide" finally gained popular success-though lost in the circuslike goings-on were the glitter of the music and almost any shred of seriousness. The Garden Grows
Mix the shredded tuna meat with the raw vegetables and add the steamed shredded coconut, lime juice and salt.
As we digest the probability that the House of Commons will vote to ratify the EU Constitution without a single shred of democratic legitimacy, even the Guardian, which can normally be relied upon to peddle the Party Line in as psittacine a manner as it can manage, has felt moved to object to the present undemocratic outrage being perpetrated by Labour. Archive 2008-01-20
Pine needles, shredded leaves, straw, and grass clippings from untreated lawns work well.
Rather than wait for bills to pile up, open the mail the day it comes, and shred or discard junk mail immediately.
The hard copies have often been torn to shreds, but if a poem made it to my web site it has usually remained.
Cut peel into thin shreds and set aside.
When I wrote something, all the pages would stick together, and could not be pried apart without shredded them, and the words bled into a muddy mess of ink.
But Varian arrives at the long white refectory table having quickly heaped his plate with iceberg and shredded carrot doused in Thousand Island dressing.
We laugh now at Mrs. Beeton's quaint terminology and the way she'd suggest,‘Take two pounds of flour, a pound of shredded suet and a dozen eggs.’
Slice into long thin strands or shred using a mandolin. Times, Sunday Times
The use of tire shreds as backfill has benefits ranging from the inherent lightweight of the material to increase in permeability.
Sometimes it takes just one small blunder to shred the brittle bonds that hold a social circle together. Times, Sunday Times
Enraged, she ripped the tights to shreds, convinced that they had hoodooed her husband. The Secret Life of Houdini
The main hole in this theory is that there is not one shred of evidence. Times, Sunday Times
It would be a private oasis, a white, fluffy heaven: Valhalla for the true shredders.
I look down and realize that my once white t-shirt is now in dripping crimson shreds. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Thablue’s Review Forum
Its wooing of such a company, in the eyes of many, shredded public confidence in the agency.
Within a year, other researchers had torn the theory to shreds.
Upon arriving in Seattle we linked-up with snow shredders B.J. Kaiser and Tim Carlson.
Salt fish cakes are made from shredded salted codfish mashed together with boiled potatoes, onions, and pepper, then placed in a batter and fried.
He was finally able to transform his underdefined body into an incredible shredded physique, complete with chiseled abs.
Shreds of plastic, old iron, glass, animal bones littered both sides of the path.
Peel the skin then finely shred the flesh using 2 forks. Times, Sunday Times
But topping the sandwich off with enough shredded lettuce to make Cesar Chavez spin in his grave is not.
The attacks are a despicable crime that will horrify anyone with any shred of decency or humanity.
The fungus usually does not invade the stalk until well after pollination when it causes the lower internodes to ripen prematurely and shred, causing breakage at the base of the plant, The inner stalk has a charred appearance due to the presence of numerous black dots (sclerotia). Chapter 10
Its springtime for President Bill Clinton as he watches his Republican challengers rip each other to shreds.
Cut the orange peel into thin shreds.
Rotted cow manure, compost, shredded sphagnum, granulated peat moss, sawdust and ground corncobs are some materials that may be worked thoroughly into the soil.
It is supported in its nefarious activities by a popular press acting as piranhas voraciously feeding on the shreds that remain.
Long buffet tables, loaded with traditional Uzbekistan rice and meat dishes, lamb pasties, and shredded red pepper salsas line the sides of the main restaurant room.
And lying as she did, the soles of her dilapidated moccasins, or rather the soles of her feet (for moccasins and stockings had gone in shreds), were turned upward. CHAPTER 25
They have shredded nails and pallid skin. Times, Sunday Times
Shred one medium carrot into ribbon strips with a potato peeler, repeat with one medium courgette.
Just looking at that yard or more of succulent flesh is enough to get my juices going, and biting into a roll crammed with shredded pork, sage stuffing and a great wodge of crackling is, I've decided, one of the great joys in life.
And Robinson's rendition of chicken gumbo - a simple Carolina low-country stew of okra and tomato with tender chicken shreds - has real personality.
That there is not a shred of evidence to suggest that the cyclist is taking, or has taken, drugs does not seem to count.
And George W. Bush's blatant diffidence is annoying, too -- not that he has even the tiniest shred of credibility left, but it would be nice if he sort of tried to say or do something comforting in these bleak days. For Whom The Bell Dingells - Swampland - TIME.com
On the plate was a kind of honey-puff cereal with pistachios, ‘shredded wheat,’ liquefied melon, yogurt, and candied walnuts.
Another good trick is to shred the iceberg lettuce finely and toss into a stir-fry, a noodle dish or soup at the very last minute before serving, for a lovely ‘soft’ crunch.
Desperately, the pilot fought with the controls as the machine careered across the ruts and hollows, the rubber tearing off in shreds from the burst tire. 2008 December « Official Harry Harrison News Blog
Shred a large handful of cos lettuce and place in bowl with 100g of cooked lean chicken cut into chunks. The Sun
I can shred my documents, encrypt all my communications, and do all sorts of paranoid things.
He wore, it is true, a new and jaunty hunting-shirt of dressed deer-skin, as yellow as gold, and fringed and furbelowed with shreds of the same substance, dyed as red as blood-root could make them; but was otherwise, to the view, a plain yeoman, endowed with those gifts of mind only which were necessary to his station, but with the virtues which are alike common to forest and city. Nick of the Woods
That one minute, we are waving flags and singing the praises of living in a diverse community and the next, braining people over the heads with flag poles while justifying a fear of those who are different with the least shred of shame. Alvin McEwen: Maybe the Terrorists Did Win on 9/11
To date I've rescued villagers while flying around on a dragon, collected lumber at the controls of a machine known as a shredder, battled the undead in a tank, taken on a titan while sat atop a giant, and ridden a torpedo into the side of an enemy ship, to name but a few. GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features
A good tool for combating the crooks is a paper shredder.
That being done, the flesh was raked into small shreds and blended with the warm cooking fat to form a rustic paste.

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