rending

Example Sentences

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And so a proper rending of garments was had.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2024

It was not Mount St. Helens that blew, but a gash that appeared in the earth, rending the real world and allowing that monster-y dimension, the Upside Down, more entry.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2022

At least, I think that horrid screaming, silent sobbing and rending of garments indicates confusion.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022

But at her best, she sings with lustrous delicacy — soaring in Nadia Boulanger’s “Prière” and rending in Clarke’s “Down by the Salley Gardens” — and operatic urgency.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2022

In the distance, I could hear the sound of rending metal as several trailer stacks began to collapse, ripping free of their scaffolding and crashing against one another like massive dominoes.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline