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

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

The gaping holes torn in a road to Mandalay by last year's devastating earthquake have been filled in, and the route in northern Myanmar partly resurfaced.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

All of them put on clothing from Alfhercht’s tree so they weren’t traveling in torn or bloody clothes.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack