Sentence examples for hit torn from inspiring English sources

"Being the first one that got hit, torn up real bad, I think a flux of money came here," he said.That is certainly true in the construction sector, and it goes some way to explaining why Louisiana, a poor and battered state, is faring better in this downturn than are many of its peers.

She made the successful transition from TV to pop stardom with her 1998 hit "Torn".

It is not known who fired the first shot, but Wyatt's bullet was the first to hit, tearing through Frank McLaury's belly and sending McLaury's own shot wild through Wyatt's coattail.

Valentine gave him the three days, and when Imae returned he went on a hitting tear and was eventually named the most valuable player of the Japan Series.

GIANTS 4, EXPOS 1: Barry Bonds, on a hitting tear since returning from a lower back sprain, homered for the third straight game to lead host San Francisco.

Jake Pries is on a hitting tear.

Among his teenage achievements was a cover of Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind and co-writing the outstanding Smokey Robinson and the Miracles hit, Tears of a Clown.

In November, The Story So Far, a best-of compilation was released, it included "Jackson" which was performed as a duet with Michael Hutchence and INXS on a 1985 Countdown episode, and a re-recorded version of an old The Crocodiles' hit "Tears".

Officials investigating the mysterious sinking of a South Korean warship in waters disputed by North Korea believe that the ship was hit and torn apart by an "external explosion," the government announced Friday.

Motorists trapped in the mayhem were hit with tear gas.

We being hit by tear gas, stun grenades.