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Meanings of rending sobs in English

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Usage of rending sobs in English
1
I had never heard any one cry so, with dreadful, rending sobs.
The Story Girl
2
Passing before a mean-looking dwelling, they heard the most heart- rending sobs and cries.
The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
3
He was compelled to stop, choked by hurried and rending sobs.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4
4
At this moment heart- rending sobs were heard coming from some one near the net.
Resurrection
5
Heart- rending sobs racked her slender body and shook him.
Shadows
6
He already had a thrush on his fork when heart- rending sobs were to be heard.
The Queen Pedauque
7
With eyes of dull red, and breath coming in short, rending sobs, he got in among the trees.
The Way of the Wild
8
And the rending sobs continued to issue from the full-bodied ridiculous man of fifty, utterly careless of decorum.
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days
9
He did not answer her, but the bed shook with his rending sobs; and she lay and sobbed beside him.
Mrs. Day's Daughters
10
A minute later Darzac had gone into Mademoiselle Stangerson's room and, through the door, we could hear his heart- rending sobs.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
11
Shut into the hot, small place, she broke into rending sobs, her head bent, her hands gripped, rocking back and forth.
Treasure and Trouble Therewith: A Tale of California
12
Through an open stairway door Gramps heard the eloquent words of the clergyman and the heart- rending sobs of his own wife and children.
The Deacon of Dobbinsville / A Story Based on Actual Happenings
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