rend asunder
Example Sentences
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Looking fiercely up with a madman's impulse to struggle with and rend asunder his opponent, he found himself powerless beneath a calm, stern eye which possessed the mysterious property of quelling frenzy at its height.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
A network was around him—around them both—which even Helston Varne’s acumen and infinite resource would be powerless to rend asunder.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram
You have enveloped your heart in a veil which you do not wish to rend asunder, even before your own vision.
From Mohammed Ali and His House by Coleman, Chapman, Mrs.
I love it too well; I want the severing hand of trial to rend asunder the thousand evil passions which connect me with it.
From Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. by Hall, Edward B.
In this way does the language of the many rend asunder the just and honourable.
From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin
