split open
Example Sentences
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A biscuit split open and slathered with strawberry preserves.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025
Officials reported that there were five to six industrial-sized boxes that had split open, unleashing the cascade of bathroom tissue .
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024
"It was like the earth had split open," she said.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023
"They've split open, they peeled off, the panels have fallen, they are split open, only metal is left, the ironwork," said Dina Angeli, a local resident in Nea Aghialos.
From Reuters • Jul. 28, 2023
All at once there was a scraping noise and the egg split open.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
