torn pages
Sheets with rips
Torn pages are sheets that have been ripped, whether partially detached from a book or separated entirely.
The phrase often suggests damage, wear, or deliberate removal: The torn pages left gaps in the story.
Figuratively, torn pages can evoke incomplete records or lost history: Her childhood was a book of torn pages.
- rippedTorn or very muscular
- shreddedTorn into strips
- tatteredRipped and worn out
- fragmentsIncomplete broken pieces
- paperPressed pulp for writing
ripped out · book · damaged · frayed · worn · worn edges · edges · ragged · scraps · missing · crumpled · yellowed · faded · journal · binding · spine · loose · falling out
- book damagewater damage, cracked spine, broken spine, spine damage, staining
- book conditionsnew, used, good, fair, poor
- paper productstissue paper, wrapping paper, construction paper, graph paper, lined paper
- illegibilityscrawl, scribble, chicken scratch, bad handwriting, gibberish
- bookbindingbookbinding, bookbinder, sewing, hand-bound, leather repair