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.
The hound stalks on before them; the peacocks wake up and rend the air with a discordant scream.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
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
