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
The rest the artist cut to bits too small to reach the open market via his trash basket.
From Time Magazine Archive
A piece of bacon cut to bits and placed in the nostril often stops it.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
It has been a grand altar-piece, cut to bits.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
“Two sets of reins chawed to pieces; a throat latchet gone; three saddles with holes eaten through them, and two bridles cut to bits, all because of a little carelessness!”
From Girl Scouts in the Rockies by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
