pull to pieces
Example Sentences
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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)
That's all that he can do—just sneer, And pull to pieces and be analytic.
From Shapes of Clay by Bierce, Ambrose
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
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
