sundered; sundering
ˈsən-d(ə-)riŋ 
: to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
: to become parted, disunited, or severed
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Examples of sunder in a Sentence
a family sundered by scandal
during the cold war East and West Berlin were sundered by an impenetrable wall
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Is Theodor Kramer’s poem another means of exploring the way ordinary life can suddenly be sundered?
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Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
Political disputes have sundered families ‒ some siblings are no longer talking ‒ and heartless or thoughtless social media posts can bring people to tears.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
In the months before Oct. 7, Israeli society was sundered by his support of right-wing legislation diminishing the power of the Supreme Court.
—Eric Cortellessa/jerusalem, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
Dissonant brass chords sundered the hall’s warm air like lightning.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
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Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
Political disputes have sundered families ‒ some siblings are no longer talking ‒ and heartless or thoughtless social media posts can bring people to tears.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
In the months before Oct. 7, Israeli society was sundered by his support of right-wing legislation diminishing the power of the Supreme Court.
—Eric Cortellessa/jerusalem, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
Dissonant brass chords sundered the hall’s warm air like lightning.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for sunder
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“Sunder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunder. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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