tear

Example Sentences

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“Wuthering Heights” looks just as the voracious reader imagines it as they tear through the novel: drafty houses, windy moors, color and texture that bound from the screen.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

AFP journalists saw several people arrested by police, who also fired tear gas to disperse the growing crowds.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The stock eventually found its footing and went on a tear the next year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

He won the Ballon d'Or in 2024 although he struggled with injuries since he suffered a cruciate ligament tear in September 2024.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

I tear my eyes away and fix them onto translucent holograms emitting from small pucks on the ground, positioned at the corners of some of these tents.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer