torn
Example Sentences
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Groups of teachers and their unions have blocked highways, torn down World Cup symbols and occupied the Zócalo to demand better working conditions, including pay raises and the restoration of a public pension system.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Spoon the tomatoes over the toast and finish with torn basil.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
"It is a pretty-looking thing," he concedes, plucking fragments off a clump torn from a carpet of green moss.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
“Ask any mother whose child has been torn away so mercilessly. Nothing takes this pain away, nor will it, I am sure, for as long as I live.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
She didn’t want to patch it, and she was trying to make her stitches as invisible as possible so no one would be able to tell it had been torn in the first place.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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