The canopy had exploded from the F-16 as Major Haar yanked the ejection handle, shredding away like a leaf in a gale.
But a trio of ouds is not a traditional configuration, and in their own compositions they volleyed quick lines with the concentration of heavy-metal guitarists shredding away.
Armed with two handguns and a stash of other weapons, the suspect stepped out of a car that had ground to a halt on its rims, its tires shredded away by roadblock spikes after a wild 20-mile chase through west-central Florida, and in a final act of defiance opened fire at six Hernando and Sumter County deputies who were closing in.
But if there's a paradox at the heart of his impressively prolific career (24 works of fiction and 13 of nonfiction in three and a half decades), it's that, deep down, his vision succeeds in shredding away the bright plumage of locale and custom to reveal a human nature almost frighteningly familiar in its rapacious self-seeking.
While there were duets between Rigal and the other men (Drapeau leaned back onto him while he played his guitar; Lepreux hung down his back, shredding away, as Rigal swung him around in circles), the real dance moments came only from Rigal and, briefly, Chartreux: in a sinuous duet, his hands guided hers as the two moved haltingly, off balance, Chartreux's eyes questioning but accepting, at peace.
How I Met Your Mother is one of my favorite TV shows and this week's episode featured Marshall shredding away at Guitar Hero, but not just any ole version of GH.
I'll teach you how to tuck the wires on your shredder away so they don't look so unsightly.
Social security for the poor is shredded, stripped away, made ever more conditional.
