rend asunder
Example Sentences
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I love it too well; I want the severing hand of trial to rend asunder the thousand evil passions which connect me with it.
From Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. by Hall, Edward B.
S: The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf
It was said of Phidias's Jupiter seated in Olympus, that were he ever to stand erect the sudden uprising would rend asunder the vaulted roof.
From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich
Tremendous new forces would rend asunder the Earth, its moon, and Antrid.
From The Copper-Clad World by Vincent, Harl
We have had to literally rend asunder the heavy wheel that had the divine face of truth.
From The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga by Mukerji, A. P.
