torn-up
Example Sentences
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I tore through half a bottle in a week—drizzling it over salads, spooning it onto seafood, and, of course, dunking torn-up hunks of crusty French bread.
From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025
As a result, entire streets remain lined by shattered houses with yards covered by heaps of the city’s famous red bricks and torn-up trees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025
“I spoke with President Erdogan, who is very friendly with him. He feels he’s got a shot of doing a good job. It’s a torn-up country.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025
The pace of construction has picked up dramatically in the past few years, which drivers can see in snarled traffic and torn-up roadways.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024
The vast trunk, supported in the grove by its torn-up roots and out on the grass by the mass of branches, was high above their heads.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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