How to pronounce shreds
Listen to shreds in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“shreds” in real sentences
123 clips in the index · 13 American · 14 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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to shreds is just heartbreaking.
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
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The budget rips that to shreds, however.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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I mean he was torn to shreds.
American News · hear it here
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and tearing his heart to shreds in despair.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of shreds. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.