Sentence examples for torn portrait from inspiring English sources

A torn portrait of Lincoln looked up from the floor.

KHARTOUM, the Sudan, April 6 (AP) - Tens of thousands of rejoicing Sudanese took to Khartoum's streets today, singing and tearing down portraits of President Nimeiry.

Eventually, a noisy crowd surged into the palace, tearing down portraits of Mr. Marcos and his wife and helping themselves to souvenirs.

Hassel Smith's 1944 "Self-Portrait," torn out of a spiral drawing pad, emanates restless energy.

Arafat's portrait was torn off office walls and smashed under the boots of the Islamist fighters of Hamas.

Still, there is no disputing the fact that by the end of the play the portrait is torn to pieces.

Demonstrators in Tripoli, Mr. Mikati's hometown, tore down his portrait and burned it.

Sergei Udaltsov, a radical leftwing activist, drew cheers when he tore up a portrait of Putin.

A significant police presence in Alexandria, where protesters on Tuesday tore down a portrait of Mr. Mubarak, managed to contain demonstrations quickly when they began Wednesday.

There, 13 years ago, black aldermen marched into a museum and tore down a portrait that showed the late Mayor Harold Washington in a bra and panties.

"You can stop talking now," a militant said as he tore down a portrait of Hafez al-Assad, the Syrian president's father and predecessor.