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
After he has landed and informed the assembly of his victory over the Turks, shouts of joy and exultation rend the air.
From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Annesley, Charles, pseud.
From this, as the noise without became less loud, he glided into Schubert, and so at last ceased when the "all clear" commenced to rend the air.
From Man and Maid by Glyn, Elinor
You must rend the air with your cries," Joan instructed her, "not too loud, because we don't want any one to hear.
From The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald
Shouts of "Vive l'Empereur!" rend the air, they echo down the narrow valley, re-echo from hill to hill and reverberate upon the pine-clad heights of Taillefer.
From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
