cleave

Example Sentences

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Her knees buckled, and her vision swam, and she wondered for a moment if this was dying, whether she’d been cleaved in two.

From Literature

Which you can still see if you take “a sweet trip,” not to the candy shop but along Grand Central Avenue, where it cleaves through Disney’s Grand Central Creative Campus.

From Los Angeles Times

The crimson blade becomes a streak through the air and cleaves through the plants.

From Literature

I thought that if we could cleave to Suzanne’s narrative drive, we could give the audience great pleasure.”

From Los Angeles Times

I came here as a child and as I look around me now, I realize I have almost no memories that predate my arrival and few bonds of affection that cleave so tightly.

From Los Angeles Times