rend asunder

Example Sentences

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Men were now seen to contend for knowledge, and strove to rend asunder the dishonourable bonds which, in a more animal condition, had been riveted upon them.

From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William

This controversy over the Sabbath proved the thin edge of differences and dissensions, which, as they went deeper and deeper, were finally to rend asunder the erstwhile united Abolition movement.

From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry

The 1, 8, 4, 12 is to rend asunder.

From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 by Dodge, Mary Mapes

He has lived through wars, insurrections, and revolutions, and with skill and tact has held in check all the contending factions which have striven and are still striving to rend asunder his empire.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders

In this way does the language of the many rend asunder the just and honourable.

From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin