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

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.

Let strains harmonious rend the air; For see, the godlike hero's here!

From Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants by Head, James H.

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

Shouts of "Vive l'Empereur!" rend the air, they echo down the narrow valley, re-echo from hill to hill and reverberate upon the pine-clad heights of Taillefer.

From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness