The historian suddenly torn from his study in order to make history for others to write about.

I feel as if something had been torn suddenly out of my life and left a terrible hole.

The tape was suddenly and roughly torn from his eyes.

It was a weary road for the people to take, torn suddenly from their homes.

A ship that seemed impenetrable could suddenly tear itself inside out.

Now death has suddenly torn him from our midst.

The master spy was suddenly torn between two decisions.

He sank his drink, shivered and stared at me through suddenly teared eyes.

I was suddenly torn from the contemplation of hell's torments to consider an entirely new life.

But that pattern can be suddenly torn apart by an earthquake, a flood or some other environmental upheaval.