rend the air

Example Sentences

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Some are stunned into silence, others burst out in self-destructive rage; two gins rend the air with mourning wails that continue into the night.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now he is at the top; now—hurrah!—how the shouts rend the air, for he has the boy in one arm and the girl in the other, and tells the mother to follow.

From Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated by Robinson, Solon

Hence, we shall wait, and mark his future course, ere we rend the air with shouts that he is born at last.

From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.

There would be a period of silence, and then, suddenly, loud shouts of laughter would rend the air.

From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Harris, Joel Chandler

Songs and shouts rend the air, and unwonted gladness reigns.

From Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 by Whittelsey, Mrs. A. G.