rend asunder
Example Sentences
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"Not if she is asking for me," said Rachel, moving on, her heart feeling as if it would rend asunder, but her looks composed.
From Clever Woman of the Family by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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
With all his strength he strove to rend asunder the heavy steel chain, but it resisted his every effort.
From Mischievous Maid Faynie by Libbey, Laura Jean
The ship is made to struggle with the elements, and the giant has been tamed to obedience, and is manacled in bonds which an earthquake would hardly rend asunder.
From Our Hundred Days in Europe by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
The first and foremost is the bond of family relationship, which is not an efficient unity, for how often it happens that disagreement and divergence rend asunder this close tie of association.
From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá
