Sentence examples for almost torn apart from inspiring English sources

Yet, nobody dared to question the existing equilibrium, and for the same reason the cantons remained neutral during the Thirty Years' War, despite pressure from religious leaders; only the Graubünden was almost torn apart between France and Spain during the Valtellina troubles (1620 39), involving Spain, Austria, and France.

His election as leader in 1980 followed Labour's defeat at the hands of Margaret Thatcher and marked one of the most difficult periods in the party's history, when it was almost torn apart by left-right infighting and the defection of several senior figures to form the Social Democratic Party SDPP).

At that time, Indonesia went through a bloody transition from being a dictatorship to the democracy it is today, and was almost torn apart by religious and tribal clashes.

The small and typically polite Due South fandom was almost torn apart by the Ray Wars (one which was a better Ray, Ray Kowalski or Ray Vecchio, and who should be shipped with the main character, Constable Benton Fraser).[6].

In "Confessions of a Good Arab," a favorite of mine, published long ago under a pen name and forgotten by almost everyone, the protagonist Yosef, half Jew and half Arab, torn apart by his allegiances to both, is told by his girlfriend that he must decide which part of him he will let win.

Even amid complaints about plans' high premiums and deductibles, most people said they would rather see the imperfect law fixed than torn apart.

I was pretty outraged, torn apart.

Not just beaten, torn apart.

Our family has been just … torn apart".

I watched them become bloated and torn apart by dogs.

He would be set upon, like Actaeon, and torn apart.