rending

Example Sentences

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And so a proper rending of garments was had.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2024

The rending of hair and gnashing of teeth has begun.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2024

Holley is volcanically self-expressive in his visual art, whether rending tiny wires into human profiles or planning massive statues from uncut granite and gleaming metal.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023

To Polley, more heart rending was that it proved that such a conversation is possible to have, in a hayloft or anywhere else.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2022

A noise of rending and crashing came dully through the ponderous stone.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien