How to use "torn" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "torn" in popular movie and book plots

  • mr Scratch congratulates Webster, and the contract is torn up.  - The Devil and Daniel Webster
  • Tom is also torn with his own problems, but hides behind what he calls "the Southern way";e, laughing about everything.  - The Prince of Tides
  • The ship is torn apart during a storm, but everyone washes ashore on Sea-Star Island.  - Doctor Dolittle (film)
  • Ahmed is lashed mercilessly, and the caliph orders he be torn apart by a giant ape, but the princess has the guards bribed to let him go.  - The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
  • Racial wars have torn theS.  - Jeremiah (comics)
  • The zombies rapidly enter the complex; Pvt Rickles and Pvt Torrez are torn apart by the horde.  - Day of the Dead (1985 film)
  • As the wedding nears, she finds herself torn between George, Dexter, and Mike.  - The Philadelphia Story (film)
  • Frollo is torn between his obsessive lust for Esmeralda and the rules of the Notre Dame Cathedral.  - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
  • In the disaster, the Returners are separated from one another as Setzer's airship is torn apart.  - Final Fantasy VI
  • The Benthic Explorer, which Deep Core is tethered to, is rocked by the storm, and the cable crane is torn from the ship.  - The Abyss
  • Mickey and Mallory continue to escape through the riot torn prison, with Gale's entire TV crew getting killed.  - Natural Born Killers
  • Charlie is torn between his devout Catholicism and his Mafia ambitions.  - Mean Streets
  • Alton narrates that Glen is torn between the idea of being honest with Barbara before their wedding, or waiting until after.  - Glen or Glenda
  • The attacks build to a crisis, and the college community of students, dons and servants is almost torn apart by suspicion and fear.  - Gaudy Night
  • He is torn between his loyalty to Vornoff and his infatuation with Janet.  - Bride of the Monster
  • The gods did not heed his plea, and he was torn to pieces.  - Actaeon

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