sundering
- present participle of sunder.
Example Sentences
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We’ve met the third sundering already, the Mother of All Partitions—that of India and Pakistan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Although the region had been volcanically dormant for centuries, the tectonic sundering happening in the depths meant that the latest eruptions have long been in the works.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 24, 2023
Taranti’s sundering from her beloved spirit family and Paranto’s inability to speak to his dead father in waking life are just single moments of personal drama in a vast historical shift.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 5, 2023
In response to a dynamic of sundering, he makes an art of adding, combining.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2020
In any case, I started with Elf Ear, Nebraska, and the stage and the sundering that occurred there.
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
