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
"Liars!" rend the air, until a big boy or a master strolls over and quells the riot.
From The Lighter Side of School Life by Hay, Ian
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
While hearty shouts will rend the air, With, Mind, and give it to him, Charley.
From Drake, Nelson and Napoleon by Runciman, Walter
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.
