| We drew monthly progress charts on what each department was doing and she would tear to pieces anyone who was not keeping up. |
| Keeper called and also said he would shoot them if ever again they were seen loose... all in concern about some cubs which his hounds will tear to pieces before the autumn is through. |
| Chickens, as a rule, are as cliquey as high-school girls, and are quite happy to tear to pieces an unfamiliar bird. |
| They tear to pieces the skin to gain access to the flesh of their prey. |
| Another Spaniard, Gaspar de Morales, exterminated 20 local Indian chiefs not long after and gave them to his dogs to tear to pieces. |
