Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “rend the air“ and its meaning is “if a sound rends the air, it happens suddenly and loudly; reverberate, echo, rise, deepen, amplify”.
Example Sentence: Hundreds of mourners poured into Pattalamukku near kaduthuruthy (in Kottayam District, Kerala) on Thursday to bid a tearful adieu to Vandana Das, a young medical doctor who was stabbed to death by a patient while on duty a day ago… The house witnessed heart-breaking scenes when the last rites of the young woman,… As loud wails (cries of grief/pain) of her relatives and friends rent the air,…
This phrase is present in Thousands bid tearful adieu to Vandana Das and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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