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riven

[ riv-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb

Origin of riven¹

First recorded in 1275–1325, for the adjective

But on the French left — riven by ideological splits from competing centuries — that job is akin to herding cats.

The field was lackluster and riven by scandal (hello, Carlos Danger).

These things were supposed to protect Sweden from the class-and-ethnic conflict that has riven the United States, Britain, France.

And each side is riven by sharp internal divisions that make a deal difficult.

It was a white-on-white shooting of the sort that often goes unpublicized in a state riven by racial tensions.

Barbour tells pitifully how the fugitives' clothes and shoon were riven and rent before they reached Aberdeen.

Had he in him the makings of the mere trimmer and politician, in addition to the miserable vanity that had riven him to-day?

They, who have riven the shackles of low birth or poverty, and made for themselves a glorious name—out of nothing!

The stone would immediately be split and riven exactly in the manner required.

O for a grotto frost-lined and rill-riven,Scooped in the rock under cataract vast!

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