rend the air
Example Sentences
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Some are stunned into silence, others burst out in self-destructive rage; two gins rend the air with mourning wails that continue into the night.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now he is at the top; now—hurrah!—how the shouts rend the air, for he has the boy in one arm and the girl in the other, and tells the mother to follow.
From Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated by Robinson, Solon
Shouts of "Vive l'Empereur!" rend the air, they echo down the narrow valley, re-echo from hill to hill and reverberate upon the pine-clad heights of Taillefer.
From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
Hence, we shall wait, and mark his future course, ere we rend the air with shouts that he is born at last.
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.
But this time, though the people were kind and friendly, their faces were gloomy, and every now and then woeful cries would rend the air.
From The Olive Fairy Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)
