Sentence examples for had been torn from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "had been torn" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is the past perfect tense of the verb "to tear," indicating that something was torn in the past and has remained torn up to a specific point in the past. Example: "The letter had been torn in half before it arrived in my mailbox."

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The ivy had been torn off.

The New York Times

His prescribed script had been torn up.

The Guardian - Sport

Its arms had been torn off.

The New Yorker

houses across the street had been torn down.

The New Yorker

His right leg had been torn off by a shell.

Independent

By brawl's end, Rex Ryan's shirt had been torn off.

The New York Times - Sports

They had been torn down and stomped on.

The New York Times

A bus that had been torn apart contained charred corpses.

The New York Times

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The kids at the front had been tear gassed.

The New Yorker

Hamilton, it seems, had been tearing itself apart.

Los Angeles Times

"A family has been torn apart.

The New York Times

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