Results for asunder

Definitions of asunder:

part of speech: adverb

Apart; separately; in a divided state.

part of speech: adverb

Apart: into parts: separately.

Usage examples for asunder:

• Thus we read in Wordsworth's " A Night Piece,"- " The traveller looks up- the clouds are split Asunder and above his head he sees The clear moon, and the glory of the heavens. "Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism", F. V. N. Painter

• Or it may be that instead of the bottle we have a little tin box, wedded to its cover,- how often have we not exclaimed between clenched teeth, 'What man hath joined together man can pull asunder "The Perfect Gentleman", Ralph Bergengren

• If, then, you suffer them to throw these off one by one, to tear them all asunder and, at last, to set themselves on an equal footing with yourselves, can you imagine that they will be any longer tolerable by you? "Roman Women Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries, Volume 2 (of 10)", Alfred Brittain

• The sun, low as it was, shone warmly as well as brilliantly between the clouds that he had thrust asunder and scattered in wild and beautiful disorder. "Cecilia de Noël", Lanoe Falconer