Examples of 'were torn' in a sentence
Meaning of "were torn"
Were torn: This phrase is in the past tense and passive voice, indicating that something was ripped, shredded, or split apart. It describes an action that was done to the subject by an external force or agent. For example, 'The paper was torn by the child.'
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Twenty houses were torn down at the site.
I went to school barefoot because my shoes were torn apart.
Her clothes were torn and full of blood.
I feel like all my limbs were torn off.
The sleeves were torn off by wild dogs.
The three empty storefronts were torn down.
His muscles were torn and spine fractured.
Near the roundabout corpses were torn to pieces.
As if they were torn from their foundations.
Twice more the fences were torn down.
They were torn apart from one another.
The teaching buildings were torn down by explosions.
When bodies were broken and spirits were torn.
All his clothes were torn off by bloating.
Soon after that the tracks were torn up.
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Some were torn off the wall.
The chitosan fibers were torn into pieces.
Recovery also depends on which ligaments were torn.
Because they were torn and dirty.
The roads running through it were torn up.
Those two kids were torn apart last night.
Children were starving and families were torn apart.
The arms were torn from their sockets.
From this booklet pages were torn out.
The matches were torn from the left side.
The room split in two as if it were torn asunder.
Her close were torn to shreds.
Their towers and fortifications were torn down.
Children were torn limb from limb.
The rest of the pages were torn off.
Seats were torn loose in one theatre.
The ligaments in my knee were torn up pretty bad.
The trees were torn up by the force of the storm.
The next day they were torn down.
Farms were torn apart in rural areas outside of town.
Both his thighs were torn with bullets.
They were torn away from us in a pointless attack.
Fetters and chains were torn apart like string.
We were torn between skepticism and curiosity.
The ligaments were torn and ruptured.
We were torn on whether this is awesome or awful.
Three pages were torn out.
But we were torn apart after seven years.
To the day we were torn apart.
Some were torn down and their materials reused.
Their lives were torn apart.
They were torn out in a planned and systematic way.
His clothes were torn off.
The daughters made fun of me because my clothes were torn.
The sails were torn and there was no one on board.
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Torn by a loose bolt on the differential housing
From my own window torn my household coat
