Rending
[rendɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; 'the tree split with a great ripping sound'; 'heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward' .
Checked by Elaine--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rend
Typed by Corinne
Examples
- Two choice regiments, recently arrived from Lombardy, led the onset, rending the air with their shouts and confident of an easy victory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For some minutes amongst the wood and leafage a rending and heaving went on. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- To look for your sunny welcome that has warmed me into life, and to be received in your frozen manner, is heart-rending. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Before him lay the deep waters of the little lake, behind him certain death; a cruel death beneath tearing claws and rending fangs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Jane, be still; don't struggle so, like a wild frantic bird that is rending its own plumage in its desperation. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at his skirts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Rabbi listened with interest, and testified his sympathy after the fashion of his people, rending his clothes, and saying, Ah, my daughter! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Typist: Michael