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)
In this way does the language of the many rend asunder the just and honourable.
From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin
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.
Looking fiercely up, with a madman's impulse to struggle with and rend asunder his opponent, he found himself powerless beneath a calm, stern eye, which possessed the mysterious property of quelling frenzy at its height.
From From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
"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
