Sentence examples for managed to tear from inspiring English sources

The men were wounded, the Navy said, when the rain of bullets managed to tear through the car's protective armor.

Just before I managed to tear myself away, they must have opened the flue a little, because just then the flames shot a little higher.

After wandering Castello's alleyways and having them mostly to ourselves, we finally managed to tear ourselves away and explore the rest of the city.

In a sequence vividly described in Valerie's diary, one great white managed to tear the deck, winch and cage from one of the boats, the Skippy.

There were so many Hawkeye fans in the stands that they managed to tear down a goal post on an opponent's field.

Among them was Sonal Sood, a 41-year-old from Rutherford, N.J., who was wearing workout clothes but had not managed to tear herself away from the TV long enough to hit the club's gym.

Horror is of the body, after all, and with Lutton parading onstage a panoply of his cleverest directorial dazzles so expertly he manages to tear genuine screams from his audience in moments of terror, it's a real missed trick.

And if you manage to tear yourself away from the beach lounger, there is plenty of ancient archaeology to immerse yourself in.

The first guy to manage to tear off its head is crowned that year's Goose King.

Bisclavret displays the same savage behavior when his ex-wife arrives at the court and manages to tear off her nose.

If you can manage to tear yourself away from bed after the last two fun-filled days, make sure you get there in time to get a good spot at Fitz and the Tantrums on the Coachella stage.