pull to pieces
Example Sentences
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I know of none—except indeed as to—” Rolf stopped to peel off, and pull to pieces, some of the bark of the pine trunk on which he was sitting.
From Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" by Martineau, Harriet
He then attempts to pull to pieces the idea that the Scandinavian loom in the Copenhagen Museum is a loom and condemns it as unworkable.
From Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms by Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling)
It was too insecure to pull to pieces.
From Peccavi by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
He was always careful to scatter plenty of crumbs, so that they should not be tempted to peck up his seeds or pull to pieces the pansy buds.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton
Look at the exquisite fitting in any seed-vessel that you pull to pieces: the seeds are as close as they will go, but fenced off from crowding on each other and hindering each other's growth.
From Parables of the Christ-life by Trotter, I. Lilias
