rend asunder
Example Sentences
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You have enveloped your heart in a veil which you do not wish to rend asunder, even before your own vision.
From Mohammed Ali and His House by Coleman, Chapman, Mrs.
In this way does the language of the many rend asunder the just and honourable.
From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin
S: The heaven shall rend asunder thereby; His promise is ever brought to fulfillment.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf
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
Tremendous new forces would rend asunder the Earth, its moon, and Antrid.
From The Copper-Clad World by Vincent, Harl