Sentence examples for a shred of something from inspiring English sources

But Japanese and Hungarian researchers report that they may yet possess a shred of something akin to intelligence.

It is vivid and yet at the same time it feels far-off, a bit like a shred of a dream, or something lying underwater, shining and mysteriously refracted.

We eventually struggle out of the wreckage – never with a hope of victory, but to score more than nothing is something at least, a shred of dignity that will get me though the small hours.

"That's just a myth," the saying goes, meaning an untruth, something believed without a shred of evidence.

Nope, just a shrug and something that might resemble a shred of an apology if you squint really hard.

As Mote's sentence was less than a year he was permitted to keep his seat in the European parliament, something Nigel Farage condemned, saying: "If Mote had a shred of integrity left, he'd resign".

Since there's not a shred of physical evidence that my mother ever existed, I wanted to do something to make her less abstract.

Without a shred of grace?

"Not a shred of doubt," he said.

Not a shred of evidence is offered.

Tantalisingly, though, a shred of doubt remains.