shot to pieces
Example Sentences
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Ibrahima Konate looks shot to pieces and has been all over the place in the last two games.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025
The “rogue reporter” defence was shot to pieces.
From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2018
"His health was already shot to pieces and it became clear he would never be called up to fight in the war. I think he saw the BBC as a form of war work."
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2017
But in the performances of those nations, and in particular the last two standing, New Zealand and Australia, came the perfect definition of perfection: producing nerveless rugby when nerves should be shot to pieces.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2016
They were boys and men past middle age, and two veterans who had been shot to pieces in Russia.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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