torn

Example Sentences

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In Russia, tsarist monuments were replaced by statues of Communist leaders, which in turn were torn down — statues of Stalin also fell in Hungary, Georgia and Albania.

From Los Angeles Times

Construction is already well underway, after the East Room was torn down in a matter of days last autumn.

From BBC

The real cause for the explosion in torn ulnar collateral ligaments is now believed to be high velocities.

From The Wall Street Journal

When you’ve torn each other up and somehow still have that unchanging bond.

From Literature

In that time, Clare had not known a stitch of peace, as though the seam of his very existence were being torn in different directions.

From Literature