torn

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Augusta is coming, and Woods said he hoped to play the major he’s won five times, if his body would let him, a massive if after a torn Achilles and back surgery last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

I’ve had sports injuries over the years, and it felt like that—a torn ligament, maybe.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

When her fourth-grader wanted to join the Girl Scouts, San Francisco native Anayvette Rivera-Amador was torn.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

“It must have torn a hole in the bottom of the boat!”

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz