Sentence examples for ripped from inspiring English sources

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ripped

adjective

Torn, either partly or into separate pieces.

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"They knew we wanted to stop consumers being ripped off, but weren't convinced we also wanted businesses to grow and flourish.

"These are old monopolies that have become privatised, and I think if you don't get tough regulation, you do get the consumer being ripped off," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

The power of Kvitova was there for all to see on Centre Court as the left-hander ripped into her returns to claim a break in the opening game.

Occasionally one ripped past the outside edge to groans, oohs and aahs.

We can report that, for once, no one had ripped anyone off.

Having struggled through her previous three rounds, all of which went to a deciding set, the world No1 ripped apart the fragile game of Italy's Sara Errani 6-1, 6-3 and stands two wins away from a 20th grand slam title.

Later, when she sent me the bill for her lingerie, which she claimed had ripped when she fell from the chair, I began feeling "pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow" for myself, especially when my wife found the Visa bill and was like, "Who the hell is Edna Sapperton?" Why is pathos useful?

"Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull have ripped $53.7m out of the SBS budget since the election and now it seems that the only national Aboriginal television news service in the country will become the latest victim of this lie," Clare and Neumann said in a joint statement.

The IMF suggests that as well as checking up on the safety of financial products to prevent customers being ripped off, watchdogs should look more closely at how they might affect market stability – forcing them to hold more liquid assets, and subjecting them to stress tests along the lines of those imposed on major banks, for example.

When they closed the pit they ripped the heart out of the community.

Melman said the first developers had ripped out the bar, making it easier for them to argue that the pub was effectively gone.

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