cut to bits
Example Sentences
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The Union artillerymen were cut to bits, and by 3:15 p.m., the disaster that the North was to call the First Battle of Bull Run was all but over.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The rest the artist cut to bits too small to reach the open market via his trash basket.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And I don’t want anything that—” he cried out in sudden passion—“Good Lord, I’d be cut to bits before I’d even want anything that wasn’t best for you!”
From The Squirrel-Cage by Williams, John Alanzo
Then the French guns had been too many and too good for ours, and our heavy horse had been cut to bits, so that things were none too merry with us.
From The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
Many a woman would allow herself to be cut to bits for her child.
From The Broom-Squire by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)