tearing

Example Sentences

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But cooking without dairy taught me that you can shift a dish the same way you’d refresh a room: not by tearing everything out, but by changing the color on the walls.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

"These are our children, these are our warriors, they defended us," said Olga, 55, tearing up.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

"We want traffic slowing down a bit – there's a school there and there's a care home here on the left, and the traffic comes tearing down here".

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

He is also softening the stiff upper lip that once personified his family’s approach; William was filmed recently tearing up after talking to a woman whose husband had died by suicide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

I turn back, planning to look again, to start tearing at the ivy if I have to, but Boomer doesn’t budge.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish