asunder

Example Sentences

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Born in Toronto in 1950, Candy had his world torn asunder at age 4 when his father died.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

“The psychological, intellectual, and cultural fabric necessary for a thriving academic community has been torn asunder, and it will take years, if not generations, to mend.”

From Science Magazine • Oct. 19, 2023

No one defies a fancy British man who warns that “golf will be split asunder in perpetuity” a second time.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2023

But now — here’s that phrase that signals a change in fortunes — but now, what man hath joined by steel I-beams, climate change may put asunder.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2023

With that he seized a great horn from Guthláf his banner-bearer, and he blew such a blast upon it that it burst asunder.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien