tearing

Example Sentences

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“I am on the road to complete recovery,” he said, tearing up.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

"We want traffic slowing down a bit – there's a school there and there's a care home here on the left, and the traffic comes tearing down here".

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

They clipped 13 seconds of him tearing into a Whopper, sauce and a grin splayed across his face, and posted it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

But simply tearing down a statue or tearing down an empty building doesn’t change this underlying system.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

“Can’t lose our momentum now,” he said cheerily, tearing off a bite.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood