pull to pieces
Example Sentences
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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
Tease, earlier toose, means to pluck or pull to pieces, hence the name teasel for the thistle used by wool-carders.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
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 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
It was too insecure to pull to pieces.
From Peccavi by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
