Sentence examples for shred of a from inspiring English sources

There must be at least a shred of a song in this — a song about, say, friendship, or winter, or feeling like a speared fish.

While Cathy was twittering away in baby talk and Gretchen was laughing her bewitching shred of a laugh, Gretchen's older sister, Dee-Dee, staloofaloof: cool, classy, and intellectual.

John S. Carroll, The Los Angeles Times editor, said, "I'd prefer to have done it a month earlier, but we didn't have even a shred of a story a month earlier.

No concrete, no womb chair, not a shred of a trend.

"Catterson indicts people based on malice and not on a shred of a evidence.

Next to the dead fish was the shred of a barely legible map of Oslo — a relic from their honeymoon.

You have at least a shred of dignity after all.

He doesn't like to lose even a shred of an argument.

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

Were you truly unable to offer even a shred of comfort, a word of condolence to her family?

Even in the darkest corners, there is always a shred of optimism, a reminder not to take ourselves too seriously.