pull to pieces
Example Sentences
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There was no scheme or project he couldn’t pull to pieces with the utmost industry, but I never remember his originating any scheme of his own to take its place.
From Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life by Reed, Talbot Baines
He flung himself on the grass beside her, and picked up a fir-cone which he began to pull to pieces.
From A Woman's Burden by Hume, Fergus
To be a critic of it is much easier than to be a creator of fine fiction; to pull to pieces requires lesser qualities than to construct.
From Critical Studies by Ouida
Nearly all modern virtuosi pull to pieces the wings of this gay little butterfly.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James
He might tear down with his claws, and pull to pieces and devour others; but his mate he would shelter and defend and love with all his strength.
From The Market-Place by Frederic, Harold
