It is no exaggeration to say the town was being torn apart by suspicion, rumour and accusation during my visit there in November. |
Fish with torn gills die as inevitably as you would if your lungs were shredded. |
I must have looked strange to them, dressed as I was in a football jersey and torn jeans, Converse All-Stars on my feet. |
His pants were also torn and ragged at the bottom and there were various holes and rips in them. |
The branches quaked violently and the leaves were flattened and torn free and scattered across the grass. |
No doubt this will be reported as the latest example of race hatred in a racially torn community. |