rend
verb (used with object)
to separate into parts with force or violence.
was rending
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past progressiveof rend.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The maiden was rending her garments, and tearing her hair and her tender crimson face.
From Four Arthurian Romances by William Wistar Comfort
Shudderingly they looked around, wondering who it was that could add the weight of a sneer to the supreme misery which was rending their hearts.
From Joseph II. and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
"Too much Ego," said he, peeling the fruit and offering it to the caged devil, who was rending the silk to tatters.
From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Rudyard Kipling
His lips moved though no sound could be heard for the tumult of the falls which was rending the air.
From Under Sealed Orders by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody
Mispoon, with his splendid wings spread half over the carcass of Ahtik, the dead bull, was rending flesh so ravenously with his powerful beak that Neewa and Miki could hear the sound of it.
From Nomads of the North A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars by James Oliver Curwood
