torn-up
Example Sentences
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Last Tuesday, the same day she announced she’d try competing at Milan Cortina with a torn-up knee, Vonn had already been back on her skis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
To cook a meal, Nabil lights a fire on the bare staircase, stoking it carefully with pieces of torn-up cardboard.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025
Here’s the key: Midway through their final game, team members reassemble a torn-up sign Ted had created that reads “Believe.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023
We cannot pack said bird with anything other than stuffing made from torn-up hot dog buns, celery, onion and a whole tube of breakfast sausage — dusted with a few healthy shakes of Bell's Seasoning.
From Salon • Nov. 19, 2022
I grabbed my torn-up book and raced outside before Mama could stop me.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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