I can't remain here and keep any shred of self-respect.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
At Brockett's he had never consciously done without anything that he wanted-in Bucket Lane he discarded to the last possible shred of possession.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
The small servant looked hard enough at it with her hungry eyes to see every shred in it, small as it was, and answered, "Yes."
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes