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Meanings of rend the air in English

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Usage of rend the air in English
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Shouts rend the air; one shout, at which Grecian birds might drop dead.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09: European Statesmen
2
They rend the air and deafen you with their shrill cries.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life / or, the Sights and Sensati...
3
All the saloons and dance-houses are in full blast; shouts and maudlin yells rend the air.
Deadwood Dick, the Prince of the Road; or, The Black Rider of th...
4
They have a fine dramatic quality, unknown to the cheers which rend the air about us.
Americans and Others
5
Let the organ thunder, while we sing our songs with glee and rend the air asunder.
Radio NZ
6
Their voices, like distant thunder, rend the air,-
My Life In The South
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Bullets rend the air around us, and we hear a cry, "Some one wounded!"
Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
8
The cries of suffocated women and trampled children, the curses of strong men, would rend the air.
The Angel and the Author, and Others
9
As screams and squeals rend the air, anxiety about half-forgotten essays and answers will turn to relief for most students.
The Irish Times
10
But let any one defy their taunts, break through and be brave and secure, they rend the air with shouts.
Woman in the Nineteenth Century / and Kindred Papers Relating to...
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After he has landed and informed the assembly of his victory over the Turks, shouts of joy and exultation rend the air.
The Standard Operaglass / Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fift...
12
Lamentation will rend the air today, and not just in his native St Lucia in the Caribbean, but everywhere poetry is revered.
The Irish Times
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In a country where property is more equally divided than anywhere else, they rend the air with the shouting of agrarian doctrines.
The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa...
14
There was no mistake, for at their approach did not a resounding cock-a-doodle-do-oo-oo rend the air like the sound of a trumpet?
Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery
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At the count of zero an explosion would rend the air and a sulfurous cloud would be all that remained of my creation.
Riding rockets
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Will shortly rend the air;
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 21, 1917
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