How to Use tear up in a Sentence

tear up

verb

• The holes are not on the greens, so they will not be torn up.
  — By Bill Van Smith, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• That tears up landscapes and tends to piss off a lot of people in the process.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 2 Mar. 2023
• Mortified, Angela tears up the note and throws it in the trash.
  — Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• My brain felt as if it were being ripped apart, torn up.
  — Chloé Cooper Jones Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan Zachary Mouton, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
• In Rogers, no one was sure who had the authority to tear up the tracks.
  — Randy McCrory Vintage Bentonville, arkansasonline.com, 1 Feb. 2024
• And while this wheel might tear up the road, that’s exactly what it’s not made for.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 5 Nov. 2021
• And yet, who doesn't still tear up a little when the townsfolk arrive to save the day?
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
• Big rocks tear up mowing equipment and the whirling blades throw the smaller rocks.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2024
• Stick to the Calabrian side and risk tearing up their ship on a rocky shoal.
  — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
• The swimmer has been tearing up the record books over the last few years and is a gold medal favorite in four events.
  — NBC News, 29 July 2024
• Women were three times more likely to tear up due to burnout than men.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 2 Aug. 2024
• The question caused Henson to pause, cover her eyes with one of her hands and tear up.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
• Below, a very large chunk of the EAA is being torn up by backhoes and dump trucks.
  — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
• The strong winds downed trees and power lines and tore up outbuildings.
  — Elizabeth Walsh, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2024
• Martin thinks about the bond of friendship among the volunteers and tears up.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
• His mother, Bev Vance, stood for the applause and appeared to tear up and hold a tissue to her eyes.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 18 July 2024
• Magic Johnson is tearing up about his new place in the NFL.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
• But before anyone can tear up, the coffin lid opens and up pops David Byrne.
  — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022
• Galipeau said Allen washed his face in the toilet, went to the bathroom in his cell, tore up mail and ate paper.
  — Jeremy Edwards, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
• Otero came home early to check on the house, finding the object had ripped through his ceiling and torn up the flooring.
  — CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024
• The three of them stemmed his wounds by tearing up his jeans and using them as a tourniquet, his sister said.
  — Gabby Sobelman, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• The boost of extra noise comes from construction equipment tearing up earth on the south side of I-20.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023
• What to Consider It’s made for sipping hot toddies by the fire, not tearing up the slopes.
  — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2023
• Strip off the stems, tear up the leaves, and sprinkle them with some of the orange dressing, then massage with your hands to tenderize the leaves.
  — Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2023
• Anyone in the audience who can hear that without tearing up has got more steel in them than the Man of Steel.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
• The next balloon pop revealed a TV with a video message from Gabby, which made Tran tear up, too.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2024
• Highways are torn up and power lines strewn like spaghetti.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
• One woman tears up at the death of a dog who kept her safe in an abusive relationship.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
• Though the clip stops short of revealing any details surrounding his medical scare, one scene shows Foxx tearing up.
  — Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
• The Wicked press tour seems to have been a long, strange journey for Grande and Erivo, as the two have sparked many viral moments, both delivering strange soundbites and tearing up at the slightest provocation.
  — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Jan 2025