How to Use tear apart in a Sentence

tear apart

verb

• And now they're being torn apart.
  — Faith Bugenhagen, Austin American Statesman, 9 Mar. 2026
• This album tore apart what people thought could come from punk.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 1 May 2026
• Ponce said all the cars stolen and torn apart were Infinitis.
  — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
• England were torn apart and were lucky to only lose 2-1.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
• The third question that could tear apart the deal is the Strait of Hormuz.
  — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 19 June 2026
• The cells of animals, plants, and fungi start their lives by being torn apart.
  — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2026
• For more than 2 years, bombs fell, families were torn apart and people starved and froze to death.
  — The Know, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026
• My deportation was wrong, and my family should not have to be torn apart.
  — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• My deportation was wrong, and my family should not have to be torn apart.
  — Mathew Miranda updated March 5, Sacbee.com, 5 Mar. 2026
• But after decades of living in the home, this family of five was recently torn apart.
  — Marissa Armas, CBS News, 29 June 2026
• The glass sliding door living room window broke too, and the deck outside was torn apart, the deck floor collapsing to the ground.
  — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
• Whigs were outnumbered, however, and the party was soon torn apart by the issue of slavery.
  — The Week Us, TheWeek, 4 Mar. 2026
• That means operators may avoid tearing apart a facility to use it.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
• And the promise of comity was dramatically torn apart.
  — Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
• The Underground Man is a man torn apart by contradictions.
  — Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
• The administration’s threats force my children to grow up fearing their family can be torn apart.
  — Monica Rodriguez-Aguilera, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026
• Immigrant families risk being torn apart every day.
  — Jose Bernal, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026
• Entire condominium buildings were damaged, units were torn apart and owners were displaced.
  — Michael P. Mayoral, Sun Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
• That’s because Iceland sits on a mid-ocean ridge, a vast seam where Earth’s crust tears apart and oceans grow in the expanding space between.
  — Quanta Magazine, 26 May 2026
• The kid sitcom turned global phenomenon tore apart the Cyrus family.
  — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2026
• The sequence turns into a playful montage, but once the wash is over, the scorpion tail returns and tears apart the vehicle from the inside.
  — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
• Caldwell allegedly shoved the victim onto a bench, before tearing apart her hijab and pulling her pants down, court documents show.
  — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
• Families were torn apart, small businesses lost millions and students had their learning disrupted.
  — Sara Sidner, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
• And its landscape is otherworldly—with a rift valley, lava fields torn apart by tectonic forces, and gorges and fissures aplenty.
  — Carinne Geil Botta, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
• The tornado tore apart homes, splintered trees, and rocketed loose limbs into the Satterfield's house.
  — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
• Ultimately, the judge must decide whether this is a family that can be brought back together or torn apart permanently.
  — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 May 2026
• Afroman then released a song about the raid, with a music video including footage of the officers tearing apart his home and inspecting a lemon pound cake that was in his kitchen.
  — Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
• Families were torn apart by war, millions were displaced and economic collapse reshaped domestic life.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
• First, the worst conference changes hadn’t struck yet, and some of the rivalries torn apart by previous realignments were even getting back together.
  — Jason Kirk, New York Times, 23 June 2026
• This causes wind shear to increase, and this can tear apart nascent tropical storms and hurricanes — putting a damper on the Atlantic hurricane season.
  — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026