rend the air

Example Sentences

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Some are stunned into silence, others burst out in self-destructive rage; two gins rend the air with mourning wails that continue into the night.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are those who would rend the air with shouts, did she pass as a Queen, in some gilded chariot; or clap their hands at the strains of her eloquence, in crowded halls.

From The Young Maiden by Muzzey, A. B. (Artemas Bowers)

"Liars!" rend the air, until a big boy or a master strolls over and quells the riot.

From The Lighter Side of School Life by Hay, Ian

But this time, though the people were kind and friendly, their faces were gloomy, and every now and then woeful cries would rend the air.

From The Olive Fairy Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)

You must rend the air with your cries," Joan instructed her, "not too loud, because we don't want any one to hear.

From The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald