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
They rend the air and deafen you with their shrill cries.
From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney
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
After he has landed and informed the assembly of his victory over the Turks, shouts of joy and exultation rend the air.
From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Annesley, Charles, pseud.
There are those who would rend the air with shouts, did she pass as a Queen, in some gilded chariot; or clap their hands at the strains of her eloquence, in crowded halls.
From The Young Maiden by Muzzey, A. B. (Artemas Bowers)
