tear

Example Sentences

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The stock eventually found its footing and went on a tear the next year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

I had to pause momentarily while writing this paragraph just to wipe a tear from the corner of my eye.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Separately Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch met Nowak's family earlier on Thursday and she said that they did not want anger to "tear communities apart".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Space stocks, which have been on an epic tear, are trading lower to start a new month.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

If tear drops could have made a fence post sprout roots and grow, that post would have grown twenty feet tall.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls