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Example Sentences

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Noted playwright Hudes pens a stunning debut novel that rends conventional notions of motherhood.

From Los Angeles Times

The rending of hair and gnashing of teeth has begun.

From Salon

"If global debt resumes its rising rend going forward, the debt rollercoaster since the pandemic will look nothing more than a temporary deviation around its long-term rising trend."

From Reuters

Snook does everything but rend her garments in a performance that only emphasizes the busy vapidity of Hannah Kent’s script.

From New York Times

We find her at a bleak roadside cemetery where her grief rends the air.

From BBC