Значения термина rending spectacle на английском

I beheld everywhere the same heart- rending spectacle that I witnessed at the capital.

The people, with pale, excited faces, awaited this heart- rending spectacle.

The stoutest man could not have beheld with dry eyes the heart- rending spectacle which often presented itself.

A frightful, heart- rending spectacle, yet how rich in food for the long- darkened eyes of the artist!

It was a heart- rending spectacle, but the audience, seeing that the play had stopped, became angry and began to yell:

Those that were on the top were but slightly injured; but as soon as these had been removed, the most heart- rending spectacle presented itself.

The enraged parent did not pause to look downward, else he might have seen a still more heart- rending spectacle at the bottom of the tree.

But in spite of this miserable and heart- rending spectacle, the populace had no pity, but accompanied the melancholy procession with derisive laughter and insulting shouts!