Sentence examples for it would shred from inspiring English sources

Fortunately, it will never be taken up in the Senate, where the majority leader, Harry Reid, has said it would "shred the social safety net in order to protect tax breaks for the rich and inflate defense spending".

If it were at all revelatory, as it would have to be to earn a decent advance, it would shred whatever is left of Mr Blair's credibility in Labour circles.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Nov. 11 — The T-shirt that Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo had worn under his jersey was so threadbare that it looked as if it would shred if a defensive tackle even glanced at him.

Alan D. Aviles, president of the Health and Hospitals Corporation, said that the rule was in place to help public hospitals that provide treatment to the indigent, and that losing it would "shred the safety net of the safety net providers".

Marburger last month promised Congress a point-by-point response, and another senior official predicted it would "shred" every UCS allegation.

If I were me, then, I'd shred my charts, stop shopping at Costco, and make sure my affairs were in order.

Lincoln notwithstanding, I'd shred the letter.

It was widely believed that Comme des Garçons would shred or burn overstock rather than have it fall into the short-fingered clutches of jobbers and discounters.

The mat is no longer new and if I tried to lie on the phone the company would ask where I made the purchase and what time of day it occurred, and their massive data files would shred my credibility instantly.

They blamed the press for presenting a pessimistic view of the war and insisted that "Vietnamization" was working, while Nixon continued to assert that an American withdrawal from Vietnam would shred the country's credibility — that it would suffer "a blow from which it will never recover".

Hogarty assembled the preliminary drafts and said that she would shred them — and Eisenberg's banana peel, too.