Sentence examples for shredded from inspiring English sources

The word "shredded" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you want to express something that has been cut, torn, or reduced into very small pieces. For example, "The recipe called for shredded coconut, so I had to run to the store to get some."

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shredded

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Past of shred

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On growth, there was thin gruel indeed – the headline proposals on "credit easing" will require lots more explaining – and by announcing that Britain will cut carbon emissions "no faster" than any other European country, he has shredded the original Cameron slogan of "Vote Blue, Go Green" and surely picked a fight with the Tories' Lib Dem partners.

On the one hand, unionist and loyalist confidence in the British government has never been revived since 1985, while on the other, the constant shots across the bow from a highly confident Sinn Fein have shredded the nerves of those who turned up to protest about the flag being removed.

The D-mark would have soared in value, wrecking German exports, while protectionism and competitive devaluations elsewhere would have shredded the EU's single market.

Luu stops with lettuce, but most people stuff in a few more vegetables: Stein and Brissenden go for beansprouts, Tran and Vu shredded carrot, cucumber and, rather surprisingly, pineapple, and Gourmet carrots.

Add a peeled potato, some basmati rice and shredded leftover chicken.

Some of them were crying as the life jacket was shredded, others were looking for their relatives.

While the revelations of Lance Armstrong's doping shredded what little remained of the sport's innocence, Wiggins was a poster child for riding clean.

Lettuce – the soft sort rather than crispy iceberg – seems to be the one constant in summer rolls, and the leaves are usually used whole as a layer in themselves, although Brissenden calls for them to be shredded before use, which I think gives the rolls a better texture.

But now the poor bloke has had his knighthood shredded, it's a good time to rethink the whole honours system.

They are also waiting for the findings of an investigation by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority, after a document required during the Al-Sweady inquiry was found to have been shredded.

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This is necessary because unlike a real jigsaw or a machine-shredded document, in which the pieces fit perfectly, the shreds of a torn document are slightly distorted and frayed at the edges.

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