torn-up
Example Sentences
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I tore through half a bottle in a week—drizzling it over salads, spooning it onto seafood, and, of course, dunking torn-up hunks of crusty French bread.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
As a result, entire streets remain lined by shattered houses with yards covered by heaps of the city’s famous red bricks and torn-up trees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025
Crumpled mattresses and twisted bed frames; torn-up couches leaking crumbly foam; halves of tables and broken bookshelves piled high among busted office chairs and abandoned dressers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
But their efforts have been stymied by torn-up roads and continuing tremors.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2022
Calvin and I sort through a lot of torn-up Sonotube remains.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
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