TEAR in a Sentence
Learn TEAR from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
306 example sentences for TEAR, such as:
1. Man wanted to tear down, not build up.
2. A dog can tear a rabbit apart in seconds.
3. Police used tear gas to put the riot down.
4. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
5. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds.
2. A dog can tear a rabbit apart in seconds.
3. Police used tear gas to put the riot down.
4. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
5. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of TEAR
Definitions: Search Google Search M.Webster
tear
n. an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
n. the act of tearing
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Scarlett thought: He's got courage, coming here at this time when it wouldn't take anything to make this mob tear him to pieces because he isn't in uniform.
2 Uncle Henry fidgeted, coughed and did not look at her, lest he catch sight of a tear that would upset him.
3 "I'll tear this house down, stone by stone, and burn it and sow every acre with salt before I see either of you put foot over this threshold," she shouted.
4 He was trying to tear down what was most precious to her.
5 She glanced at Peter and saw that a tear was trickling down his nose.
6 Melanie sank into a chair, picked up one of Ashley's shirts and, bowing her head over it, unconsciously began to tear the frills into small ribbons.
7 I could tear you to pieces with them with no trouble whatsoever and I would do it if it would take Ashley out of your mind.
8 The name, as Gerty saw with a clutch at the heart, had loosened the springs of self-pity in her friend's dry breast, and tear by tear Lily poured out the measure of her anguish.
9 Man wanted to tear down, not build up.
10 That admiration led her to study Kennicott, to tear at the shroud of intimacy, to perceive the strangeness of the most familiar.
11 As for Peleg himself, he took it more like a philosopher; but for all his philosophy, there was a tear twinkling in his eye, when the lantern came too near.
12 It is very fat and tender, and apt to tear in pieces in hoisting it on deck.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale's Head—Contrasted View.
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale's Head—Contrasted View.
13 From beneath his slouched hat Ahab dropped a tear into the sea; nor did all the Pacific contain such wealth as that one wee drop.
14 Occasionally one of the horses would tear off with his teeth a plant full of blossoms, and walk along munching it, the flowers nodding in time to his bites as he ate down toward them.
15 There are boisterous couples, who tear wildly about the room, knocking every one out of their way.
Example Sentence: (96 in 7 pages)
1 African hunting dogs will tear at the flesh of their victim until it is weak.
2 Police used water cannon and tear gas against demonstrators.
3 They propagated political doctrines which promised to tear apart the fabric of British society.
4 A dog can tear a rabbit apart in seconds.
5 Japan's education ministry ordered the change to encourage students to tear themselves away from textbooks.
6 The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society that continued to tear itself apart.
7 He accused ministers of conniving with foreign companies to tear up employment rights.
8 Police used tear gas to put the riot down.
9 Police used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators.
10 Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
11 Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds.
12 Riot police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse the crowd.
13 The police used tear gas to break up the demonstration.
14 The only way to kurb this unruly mob is to use tear gas.
15 The insurance policy does not cover damage caused by normal wear and tear.