Frantically he tried to tear himself free, and could not.

The wind tried to tear him off the bob, but he had the gun.

They'd rather try to tear our campaign down than lift this country up.

What in the name of space was trying to tear itself loose back there?

Why they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more.

Then I didn't have to, because my body started to try to tear itself apart.

You tried to tear this nation apart to do it!

She then tried to tear the plans in half, but the paper was of a strong variety.

A dog tried to tear my leg off one time.

Because I knew what force was trying to tear the ship apart.