It was your child who tore my book to pieces.

She tore the letter into pieces.

He tore the book apart.

He likes to take electric devices apart.

The cabin was torn asunder by the storm.

The scientist has a love of facts, even isolated facts, similar to the poet's love of words.

I fastened the box tight with a rope so that it wouldn't break up.

Some go in groups organized by their schools, but most go in twos and threes.

Why did Bill tear the letter into pieces?

The notebook came loose.

It fell to pieces.

It was my book that your child tore to pieces.

It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States of America.

He stuck the broken pieces together.

Galaxies are scattered throughout the universe and they vary greatly in size.