in shreds

It had been there all along, and was almost in shreds now, two years later.

He's come away from her in shreds; all of us have.

It was hard going, but eventually the book lay in shreds on the table.

There was a ripping sound as some of it came away in shreds.

His coat and shirt were in shreds, but there was no blood.

The clothes were in shreds, an arm seemed to be almost torn from the body.

The remains of a uniform hung about him in shreds.

Half of her nightgown was in shreds, the rest completely gone.

The textiles, even in shreds and patches, speak for themselves.

If any other man had said that to her, she'd have handed him his ego in shreds.

He sent the message back in shreds and the messenger on foot.

I took my list of bets and tore it in shreds.

The roof had been torn away and hung in shreds.

"It's in shreds already, so what does another dance matter?

She had too much to do and her nerves were always in shreds after a phone call from Archer.

Their clothes were for the most part in shreds.

The handful of damp tissue she'd used was now in shreds.

You go to him, leaving me mortified, my career in shreds.

The consolations of Christianity were left more or less in shreds.

But now all of his dreams are in shreds.

When he took off his boots, his feet were in shreds.

Now the police force, which experts say was particularly poorly trained, and the army are in shreds.

Fighters on both sides went down, often in shreds.

The incoming government faces a very difficult period, with Albania's economy in shreds.

Wasn't it enough that her heart was in shreds?