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Through his mouth there came A sound of ice-bergs in a frozen sea Of tears, a sullen region of black ice Rending and breaking, very far away.

From Collected Poems Volume One by Noyes, Alfred

In state they passed, Trampling and splendid on and sought the vast — Rending the darkness like a leaping knife, The flame, the noble pageant of our life!

From Young Adventure, a Book of Poems by Benét, Stephen Vincent

Rending pains darted like arrows through his head.

From Three Soldiers by Dos Passos, John

Rending, grinding, smashing, the jamb broke up, hammered upon the partly shattered boulder, and carrying it away or driving over it washed in tremendous ruin down the rapid.

From The Protector by Bindloss, Harold

Father, King of majesty, Where to turn I know not, I. So, within the woodland gloom Wolf and boar and lion roam, Fearful things, with rav'ning maw, Rending tusk and tooth and claw.

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene