rend
verb (used with object)
to separate into parts with force or violence.
are rending
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present progressiveof rend.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It’s not clear to me from your letter if your parents are rending their garments directly to your son or just blowing up your phone about their supposed failures of stewardship and religious duty.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2018
They are rending garments and gnashing teeth over at Sports Illustrated, which on the eve of the season picked Baltimore to win the Super Bowl.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2015
But, though the two Ayatullahs patched up their quarrel, the deep divisions that are rending the nation remained.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh, Erpatr!" cried the leader of the newly arrived, "thy troops are rending their garments and scattering dust on their heads, thinking that Thou hast perished.
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Jeremiah Curtin
I hear the satanic laugh of such as are false to sacred trusts and holy obligations, who ruthlessly as swine are rending hearts that have given all the pearls they had.
From A Day of Fate by Edward Payson Roe
