rend the air
Example Sentences
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Some are stunned into silence, others burst out in self-destructive rage; two gins rend the air with mourning wails that continue into the night.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now he is at the top; now—hurrah!—how the shouts rend the air, for he has the boy in one arm and the girl in the other, and tells the mother to follow.
From Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated by Robinson, Solon
The reports of terrific explosions rend the air, you grip frantically at the soft mud to prevent yourself being hurled through space.
From Over the Top With the Third Australian Division by McBeath, Neil
The hound stalks on before them; the peacocks wake up and rend the air with a discordant scream.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
Songs and shouts rend the air, and unwonted gladness reigns.
From Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 by Whittelsey, Mrs. A. G.
