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

Man lives in the contentious crowd; he struggles for the palm that thousands may award, and far-speeding renown may rend the air with the loud huzza of praise.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

But this time, though the people were kind and friendly, their faces were gloomy, and every now and then woeful cries would rend the air.

From The Olive Fairy Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)

There is little doubt of his popularity, for yells rend the air as he goes by, and hats are tossed up, and men clamber on his carriage.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

At daybreak this morning, heavy detonations began to rend the air, and we knew that the road-blasting had begun.

From Mothering on Perilous by Furman, Lucy S.