Example sentences for: tear

How can you use “tear” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Patrick Leahy first heard the articles of impeachment formally presented, "a single tear coursed his cheek."

  • called heteronyms: row, bow, tear, entrance, wound, wind, dove .

  • Rioters threw stones, bottles, and iron pieces at the police while policemen fired tear gas and used pistols, dogs, and horses to disperse the mob.

  • There was a tear in William Mack Lee's voice, but in his eye I fancied that I saw the happy light that always dances in the eyes of his race at the thought of a fowl for cooking.

  • On Meet the Press , Susan Estrich fumed that those who dared to pursue the question would "tear people's lives apart based on a plausible allegation."


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