Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rifted
Verb
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The fashion ecosystem is fractured.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026 -
Jalen McMillan, a third-round draftee in 2024, fractured his neck making a catch in the first preseason game against Pittsburgh last year.—
Rick Stroud,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Beckham joined after wideout Gunner Olszewski tore his right Achilles tendon in an offseason workout practice last week.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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This Together pulled back the curtain on the devastating fire that unexpectedly tore through the Heirloom hotel last summer.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
Verb
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This quickly ruptured the first and then second stage of the rocket.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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Giovanni Leoni and Conor Bradley both suffered season-ending knee injuries, while 17-goal top scorer Hugo Ekitike ruptured his right Achilles tendon.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
Verb
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Colorado pulled to 8-3 in the fifth on Tyler Freeman’s two-run homer, but the Angels answered again in the bottom half on Jo Adell’s RBI single for a 9-3 lead.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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The hood’s intake is mounted at the back, so smoke and fumes rising from the back burners get pulled straight up into it.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
3 June 2026
Verb
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The fire ripped through Hawthorne Village on May 11, forcing families to stay in hotels, motels and with other relatives.—
Tammy Mutasa,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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On the first pitch of his assignment, Lewis ripped a 91 mph cutter from Omaha’s Mitch Spence for a home run.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Verb
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Patterns on vessels were often incised into the mold itself, as this technique allowed for fine details to be transferred from mold to object.—
Teagan Wolter,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
13 Mar. 2026
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Little climbed into a trench and bent over a vertical stone that was incised with a web of typically Orcadian geometric patterns.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
Verb
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So, what began as outside advocacy has now penetrated the legislative process itself whereby trial lawyers are attempting to co-opt the bill for their own agenda.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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More than 100 small rocks, and countless fragments of metal, had penetrated his face, neck, shoulders, and extremities.—
Martha Raddatz,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2026
Verb
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They are lacerated by propellers.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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Some of the women were bleeding from their reproductive organs, while others had blood dripping from slashes on their breasts, their bodies having been lacerated with a sharp instrument.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Rifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rifted. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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