tearing
Example Sentences
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New technology doesn’t merely seep into the economy, eventually it grows into a Category 5 storm and starts tearing up trailer parks in its path.
He sent a photo of a hose, texting: “Hose lay leaks are tearing up small bits of the trail.”
From Los Angeles Times
In one episode, you choose to cover a brick wall instead of tearing it down and building a new one.
From Los Angeles Times
This past year, she was fresh out of a relationship when the holiday rolled around and she found herself tearing up during scenes of Snoopy making Valentine’s crafts for his friends.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr Wadley says the situation is tearing the family apart: ''It's awful.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
