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Example Sentences

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And so a proper rending of garments was had.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 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

McIntosh made field recordings there a few months before it was devastated by a fire, and the resulting piece is a subtly rending reflection on the climate crisis, and what can be salvaged from ashes.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2022

She holds the sum of these feelings in her anxious darting glances along with a rending sadness, making us understand why a girl like that would find comfort in Bush's best-known anthem.

From Salon • May 30, 2022

I heard a piercing shriek that sounded like rending metal.

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