rend asunder
Example Sentences
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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 Mrs. Chapman Coleman
He has lived through wars, insurrections, and revolutions, and with skill and tact has held in check all the contending factions which have striven and are still striving to rend asunder his empire.
From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Sven Anders Hedin
For when Napoleon bade farewell to his trusty soldiers, it was in these words: "Be faithful to the new sovereign of France; do not rend asunder our beloved and long-suffering land."
From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I by Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron Fleury de Chaboulon
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 Alexander Johnston
S: The heaven shall rend asunder thereby; His promise is ever brought to fulfillment.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
