rend asunder

Example Sentences

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This controversy over the Sabbath proved the thin edge of differences and dissensions, which, as they went deeper and deeper, were finally to rend asunder the erstwhile united Abolition movement.

From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry

While endeavoring to tear up and rend asunder the Constitution, its strong fibres have recoiled, and caught them in the cleft.

From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Webster, Daniel

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

In this way does the language of the many rend asunder the just and honourable.

From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin

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