rend asunder

Example Sentences

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Now is the time to show forth the true signs of God, to rend asunder the veils of idle fancy, to promote the Word of God, and to sacrifice ourselves in His path.

From Memorials of the Faithful by `Abdu'l-Bahá

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.

The 1, 8, 4, 12 is to rend asunder.

From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 by Dodge, Mary Mapes

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 Mukerji, A. P.

Men were now seen to contend for knowledge, and strove to rend asunder the dishonourable bonds which, in a more animal condition, had been riveted upon them.

From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William