Sentence examples for tree tore from inspiring English sources

An uprooted tree tore through a roof in Rockland County and killed a retired police sergeant.

He sheltered under a fallen tree, tore up his yellow raincoat, laid a trail for rescuers, and was eventually spotted by park rangers.

One victim, Devon Adams, 6, was asleep on a couch in his family's home in Bald Knob, Ark., when an enormous tree tore through the ceiling and crushed him.

Nelu tells stories of hunting: the lynx who is so fast and elusive, the wolves that come in winter, the bear with cubs who chased him up a tree, tearing at his back – it was his rucksack that saved his life that day.

But an evil word is like an evil tree torn out of the earth; it has no foothold".

As the sky became lighter, winds bent trees, tore corrugated iron roofs and knocked down signs.

Cellular antennas bent like bows or fell, causing cellphones to sputter and go silent; and the roots of upended trees tore out underground wires, essentially reducing police radios to hunks of plastic.

DENVER — Fast-growing wildfires fueled by thousands of dead and drought-stricken evergreen trees tore through the mountains of southern Colorado on Sunday, forcing vacationers to flee their cabins and campgrounds under a sky choked with pillars of gray and white smoke.

The microburst knocked down trees, tore off roofs, and downed power lines.

Falling trees tore down power utilities and smashed cars, and their huge roots lifted underground water and sewer utilities.

On Sunday night, the city of Greensboro, North Carolina, declared a state of emergency in anticipation for a storm that ultimately uprooted trees, tore down power lines, and left one person dead.