rend

The rending of hair and gnashing of teeth has begun.

Well, on a purely craven level, these stories are juicy as hell — sex, love, murder, redemption, ecstatic connections and a rending of the social fabric.

"If global debt resumes its rising rend going forward, the debt rollercoaster since the pandemic will look nothing more than a temporary deviation around its long-term rising trend."

Snook does everything but rend her garments in a performance that only emphasizes the busy vapidity of Hannah Kent’s script.

We find her at a bleak roadside cemetery where her grief rends the air.