She said the strike has reached the point where it is "tearing families apart."

But it was not only repression that tore families apart.

My daughter, I knew, despised the woman who'd torn her family apart.

Those two words can tear people and families apart.

"Even if it continues to tear my family apart."

I want to stop cigarettes from tearing families apart.

"It was our involvement with the church that nearly tore our family apart," the father said.

Worse yet, the laws are inconsistently applied and often tear families apart.

People are increasingly marrying across national boundaries and harsh laws just tear families apart.

Renata observes this and tells Sam he's tearing her family apart.