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
"Liars!" rend the air, until a big boy or a master strolls over and quells the riot.
From The Lighter Side of School Life by Hay, Ian
Let strains harmonious rend the air; For see, the godlike hero's here!
From Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants by Head, James H.
From this, as the noise without became less loud, he glided into Schubert, and so at last ceased when the "all clear" commenced to rend the air.
From Man and Maid by Glyn, Elinor
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
