tearing
Example Sentences
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“I’m holding space for people’s pain, but also we’re able to hold on to the hope that our faith gives us, that’s strengthening us,” she said, tearing up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Earlier in the week, there was the agonizing sight of Jack Draper, the former Top-10 British wunderkind, tearing up mid-match as he continues to be hobbled by arm pain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Wildfires are currently tearing through France and Spain.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The vehicles drove right over his fields at speed, tearing up the crops and skirting the fence by the family's garden.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
I came tearing out of the bottoms into one of our fields.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
