rend asunder

Example Sentences

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It would rend asunder the newly formed ties between us, would call up the old strife, the old bitterness again.

From Under a Charm, Vol. III. (of III) A Novel by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

This was the nation which the Secessionists proposed to rend asunder.

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring

And whenever it is attempted to be stretched over them, it will rend asunder.

From American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) by Johnston, Alexander

It will perhaps be said, that the refusal to believe in these systems, will rend asunder one of the most powerful bonds of society, by making the sacredness of an oath vanish.

From The System of Nature, Volume 2 by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

The first and foremost is the bond of family relationship, which is not an efficient unity, for how often it happens that disagreement and divergence rend asunder this close tie of association.

From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá