torn-up
Example Sentences
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John Coanda, 61, who grew up in Los Angeles, was never bothered by torn-up sidewalks as a kid.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 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
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
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
As always, the plaza area was littered with a thousand fragments of recently torn-up parking tickets that looked like muddy stars.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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