The region has 'been torn' [='ravaged'] by disease and hunger for the last 50 years.
I've been trying to decide, but I''m' still 'torn'. [=I'm still unable to decide]
He 'is torn between' his career and his responsibilities as a father.
(..) You're not that busy. This would look nice on your wall. The man behind the mask... is looking for the book with the pages torn out. He is going toward the hiding place. He is under the fan now. - Shelly? - Yeah? I can't do the (..)1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
(..) My secret diary... there are pages missing. Who would do that? Bob. But Bob is not real. There are pages torn out! That is real, Harold! Well, maybe... Maybe... Okay. Bob is real! (..)1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me