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How to pronounce torn in English?

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Synonyms lacerate, lacerated, mangled
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torn between love and hate.
torn by conflicting loyalties.
torn by religious dissensions.

Examples of torn

torn
John has started wearing some padding on his knee, where he has a torn meniscus.
From the stltoday.com
Femi John is playing with a torn meniscus in his knee that will require surgery.
From the stltoday.com
He's torn between focusing on basketball year-round and unleashing his fastball.
From the stltoday.com
Top draft pick Derrick Morgan had surgery Wednesday to repair his torn left ACL.
From the sfgate.com
Mike Carp will miss the rest of the season with a partially torn plantar fascia.
From the thenewstribune.com
His portraits had all been torn down and the only faces I saw were smiling ones.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The show is a dramatic and compelling story of love, revenge and torn loyalties.
From the nznewsuk.co.uk
Washington is being torn apart by battles between the Democrats and Republicans.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
He emerged scuffed and smiling, his shirt torn and a crimson streak on his back.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
More examples
  • A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"
  • Separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
  • Rip: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
  • To separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"
  • Bust: an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
  • Move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
  • A tear is a type of scratch used by turntablists. It is made from moving the record on the turntable by hand.
  • "Tear" is a song by Lotion released as both a two-song single 7" and a four-song Compact Disc single in 1993 through Kokopop and re-released in 1996. The songs were recorded on January 3, 1993, at Noise in New Jersey.
  • In the fictional world of Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time, Tear is one of the richest nations in the land. This comes in part from controlling the greatest port on the Sea of Storms, at the mouth of the River Erinin. ...