They wanted to tear down the pub
but they couldn’t tear him away from his pint.
If they didn’t tear up the rule book
he would certainly tear into them.
tear tore torn
tear
Something was tearing her apart.
Her happy nature was tearing away.
Suddenly she tore off without a word.
The boss would tear into somebody else now.
tear tore torn
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