tear asunder
Example Sentences
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But what the Legislature put together, opponents attempted to tear asunder.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
Or, alternate thought: Even such a beautiful, loving, nuanced thing as a marriage that only death could tear asunder can get trounced in a feelings pageant against new love.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2022
Denton’s professed goal was to tear asunder the establishment’s secret arrangements and self-dealing, to explode hypocrisies.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 11, 2016
Larry Stone believes the foundation is more solid, and he has much more trust in general manager Jerry Dipoto to solidify rather than tear asunder, than he ever did with Jack Zduriencik.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2016
We have gone through so much suffering and anxiety together that it would be impossible to tear asunder links firmly welded by common danger and pain.
From Peaceless Europe by Nitti, Francesco Saverio
