pull to pieces
Example Sentences
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The walls are generally about six inches in thickness and are very difficult to pull to pieces.
From A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. by Jordan, David Starr
Nearly all modern virtuosi pull to pieces the wings of this gay little butterfly.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James
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)
This was all true; for ever since, when I have begged clothing of any one, the constant answer has been, that, no doubt, I wanted a piece of cloth to pull to pieces.
From The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies by Clouston, William Alexander
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)
