rend asunder
Example Sentences
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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 Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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.
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
This was the nation which the Secessionists proposed to rend asunder.
From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring
It will perhaps be said, that the refusal to believe in these systems, will rend asunder one of the most powerful bonds of society, by making the sacredness of an oath vanish.
From The System of Nature, Volume 2 by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'
