Sentence examples for were torn by from inspiring English sources

In the late 1970s, universities across the Arab world were torn by fierce ideological struggle.

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

His eyelids were torn by the force of the water, damaging the lenses of his eyes and fracturing his orbital bone around the eye.

But in the crowd that filled the church here Wednesday night to honor Specialist Witmer, relatives of other Wisconsin National Guard members were torn by the question.

The man's legs were torn by the shark and the woman sustained injuries to her legs and back and had to be resuscitated after rescue.

Obscured by the focus on the 10 dead in the Staten Island ferry crash have been those -- like Mr. Esposito -- whose bodies and lives were torn by the accident, but who survived.

The family is torn by this loss".

Producers are torn by contradictory forces.

Many communities are torn by family feuds.

Nonetheless, Carter was torn by regrets.

Israel was torn by moral vertigo.