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
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
There would be a period of silence, and then, suddenly, loud shouts of laughter would rend the air.
From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Harris, Joel Chandler
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.
But traitors, imbeciles and intriguers rend the air and the skies with their praises of the great strategy and of the brilliant generalship.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
