pull to pieces
Example Sentences
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In this particular authors may be compared to a certain sagacious bird, which, in building its nest is sure to pull to pieces the nests of all the birds in its neighborhood.
From Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete by Irving, Washington
He tried to pull to pieces, destroy, and discredit the evidence that had been given in; but all to no purpose.
From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
Don't pull to pieces or take out titles and indexes.
From A Library Primer by Dana, John Cotton
He then attempts to pull to pieces the idea that the Scandinavian loom in the Copenhagen Museum is a loom and condemns it as unworkable.
From Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms by Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling)
As she talked, Hertha continued to play with the flowers, which she separated, arranged, and rearranged, but at last wearying of them she began to pull to pieces the nosegay she had so ardently coveted.
From Saint Michael A Romance by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
