tear
Example Sentences
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After high school, I signed a minor-league contract but tore my rotator cuff.
Researchers suspect it could be a remnant of an early planet that was torn apart by massive collisions, or possibly a fragment of a once-layered body that lost its outer rocky shell.
From Science Daily
Just three years ago, the Mets lost closer Edwin Díaz for the entire 2023 campaign after he tore a tendon in his knee celebrating a Puerto Rico victory in the same tournament.
Valverde, drying his tears after losing the final of that competition, heard what they had to say.
From BBC
“You were so . . . so expressive. The way your tears ran! Was it difficult making yourself cry like that?”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
