Sentence examples for torn by hand from inspiring English sources

Most of the Stasi papers were torn by hand because the flimsy East German shredding machines collapsed under the workload.

It can be torn by hand, but is strong, and just one of a series of clever designs you'll be tempted to buy.

It looks practically torn by hand, hunks of it scattered among the shriveled yellow-white skins of once-green chile peppers that have been blanched and sun-dried until leached of color.

Beef thenthuk ($6.99), a dish from the nomads on the austere steppe of Amdo, has a mellower broth that clings to gristly cuts of meat and raggedy noodles that have been stretched and torn by hand, with a texture close to dumpling skins.

Gentle tearing by hand also helps to preserve the greens; exposure to metal may cause oxidation and browning.

"Pieces of naan are traditionally torn off by hand and used to scoop up the hot sauce from the pot and wipe the bowl clean at the end," according to the BBA.

But that December, while he was working with oil-drilling equipment in Seminole, Okla., his left hand was torn by a piece of machinery.

Repair a hem or tear temporarily by hand.

Carmona recalled holding a mother's hands as the woman stared into her son's casket, his body torn by bullets.

The family is torn by this loss".

Years later, Credit Suisse First Boston is still torn by infighting.