rend asunder
Example Sentences
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It was said of Phidias's Jupiter seated in Olympus, that were he ever to stand erect the sudden uprising would rend asunder the vaulted roof.
From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich
"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 Yonge, Charlotte Mary
And whenever it is attempted to be stretched over them, it will rend asunder.
From American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) by Johnston, Alexander
I then desired to pierce the distant haze, and to rend asunder the mysterious curtain that hung across the horizon.
From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Verne, Jules
The first and foremost is the bond of family relationship, which is not an efficient unity, for how often it happens that disagreement and divergence rend asunder this close tie of association.
From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá
