rend asunder

Example Sentences

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I then desired to pierce the distant haze, and to rend asunder the mysterious curtain that hung across the horizon.

From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Verne, Jules

The mighty struggle was to rend asunder these new-formed and holy ties.

From Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers by Moodie, Susanna

While endeavoring to tear up and rend asunder the Constitution, its strong fibres have recoiled, and caught them in the cleft.

From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Webster, Daniel

It will perhaps be said, that the refusal to believe in these systems, will rend asunder one of the most powerful bonds of society, by making the sacredness of an oath vanish.

From The System of Nature, Volume 2 by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

Tremendous new forces would rend asunder the Earth, its moon, and Antrid.

From The Copper-Clad World by Vincent, Harl