rend asunder
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The ship is made to struggle with the elements, and the giant has been tamed to obedience, and is manacled in bonds which an earthquake would hardly rend asunder.
From Our Hundred Days in Europe by Oliver Wendell Holmes
We have had to literally rend asunder the heavy wheel that had the divine face of truth.
From The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga by A. P. Mukerji
"Not if she is asking for me," said Rachel, moving on, her heart feeling as if it would rend asunder, but her looks composed.
From Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte Mary Yonge
It would rend asunder the newly formed ties between us, would call up the old strife, the old bitterness again.
From Under a Charm, Vol. III. (of III) A Novel by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
S: The heaven shall rend asunder thereby; His promise is ever brought to fulfillment.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
