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.
(..) So... I was . My brother Jaime and I were riding, when we heard a scream. She ran out onto the road, clothes half torn off, with two men on her heels. Jaime scared away the men easily enough, while I wrapped her in my cloak. She was too scared to send off on her own, (..)2011 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Baelor Season: 1 Episode 9