torn

[tawrn, tohrn]

verb

1. past participle of tear.

torn

/ tɔːn /

verb

1. the past participle of tear 1

2. slang,  an unexpected event or circumstance has upset one's plans

adjective

1. split or cut

2. divided or undecided, as in preference

   he was torn between staying and leaving

Other Word Forms

• untorn adjective

Example Sentences

Several of her books involve love triangles in which a woman is torn between two men, one of whom readers will recognize as patently unsuitable before her protagonist does.

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In the hours leading up to Schlittler’s start on Thursday, the officers his dad leads were torn.

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The orthopedist said it was a torn muscle.

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The interior looked like it had been torn up by raccoons.

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Instead, she has to corral a denomination increasingly torn between conservatives, many in Africa, and liberals, particularly in the U.S.

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Related Words

• broken 
• cracked 
• damaged www.thesaurus.com
• divided 
• mangled www.thesaurus.com
• ripped 
• ruptured www.thesaurus.com
• severed