torn-up
Example Sentences
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There are precedents for skiing with a torn-up knee, including in Vonn’s own history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
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
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
All her half-empty medicine bottles and discarded face-cream jars, with torn-up bills and letters.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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