shred

• shred of evidence

  Hate, like love, picks up every shred of evidence to justify itself.

• every shred

  Hate, like love, picks up every shred of evidence to justify itself.

• last shred

  This removes the last shred of justification for the World Bank's very existence."

• have a shred

  To others it means a chance to recycle whatever may still have a shred of use.

• shred of hope

  And with him had gone Miss Gemma Dallam's brown Chinese satin and every shred of hope Cara had cherished for the future.