tore

Example Sentences

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Another gawked in horror as a squealing toddler tore through the store while their mom examined the chocolate moon rocks.

From The Wall Street Journal

Three people have died in weather-related accidents in France and Spain after a storm tore through the region, officials said Friday, ripping up trees and flooding roads and leaving many thousands without power.

From Barron's

Flames that tore through the city of Altadena in January 2025 killed 19 people, the majority of them on the west side -- home to a large African-American community.

From Barron's

I ruined any chance of locating my mom when I tore my only evidence into a million pieces.

From Literature

She tore away from him, panting, then turned and began to run back the way they had come, her thumbs over her ears, her hands blinker-ing her eyes.

From Literature