torn

[US]/tɔːn/
[UK]/tɔrn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. ripped;
adj. ripped

Phrases & Collocations

heart torn

torn apart

emotionally torn

torn between

torn off

torn to pieces

Example Sentences

a torn-off gobbet of flesh.

a dress torn to ribbons.

a country torn apart by war

He’s torn a cartilage.

A few of the books have torn jackets.

ashamed of my torn coat.

the wind had torn open a rift in the clouds.

Dietrich's role as a wife in war-torn Paris.

The house was desolate, ready to be torn down.

The torn page is mended with tape.

You could stuff the chair with this torn material.

She was torn between love and hate.

The government is torn between principle and expediency.

was torn between opposing choices; a country that was torn by strife.

a page at the front of the book had been torn out.

her beautiful dress was torn to shreds .

a bloody civil war had torn the country apart.

be torn sheer out by the root

when torn jeans were all the rage.

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