asunder
Example Sentences
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“Stop qualifying with ‘think,’ because the minute you start qualifying with ‘think,’ then you’re rendering asunder the First Amendment,” she said.
From New York Times
After many years and many families rent asunder, he came to understand they didn't mean what they said.
From Salon
It knows the love it takes to build and nurture a family, and the violence it takes to tear that family asunder.
From Los Angeles Times
Most of the oddly timed story unfolds in the past, immediately after the events of “Captain America: Civil War,” with the Avengers torn asunder and Natasha facing some downtime at a gorgeous Norwegian retreat.
From Los Angeles Times
The pandemic, which struck Lombardy first in Italy, and Italy first in the West, cast the 1,700 students asunder.
From Seattle Times
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