Explore Asunder through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like separate or apart. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Asunder in a sentence
Asunder meaning
Into separate parts or pieces.
Using Asunder
- The main meaning on this page is: Into separate parts or pieces.
- Useful related words include: separate, apart.
- In the example corpus, asunder often appears in combinations such as: torn asunder, asunder by, rent asunder.
Context around Asunder
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 12 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Asunder
- In this selection, "asunder" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, torn, rent, opponents, especially and destroyers stand out and add context to how "asunder" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1930s torn asunder by japanese and already ripped asunder by the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "asunder" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with asunder
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The family has been torn asunder by the case. (9 words)
Múspellmegir, Múspellsynir) and the Rjúfendr (from rjúfa — "to break, tear asunder", Destroyers of Doomsday). (14 words)
It’s believed so much ice built up on the craft than it simply split asunder. (16 words)
As fatigue or nausea take over, I am torn asunder by the morbid conviction that this might very well be the last time I travel, that soon I won’t have the strength to prepare the meal that I am cooking or rise from the bed I am making. (49 words)
It has been clear for a while that this is the most talented team in the AFL, one chock full of stars on every line capable of tearing even the most formidable opponents asunder, especially on home soil. (38 words)
Without the and the rest of Marvel's heroes around to stop him, the world was ravaged, typically noble figures gave in to their worst impulses, and the entire status quo of the timeline was thrown asunder. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
His smuggling job puts him in the path of Marlene, the leader of the rebellious Fireflies, who is looking for ways to save the world after it’s been torn asunder.
It has been clear for a while that this is the most talented team in the AFL, one chock full of stars on every line capable of tearing even the most formidable opponents asunder, especially on home soil.
Without the and the rest of Marvel's heroes around to stop him, the world was ravaged, typically noble figures gave in to their worst impulses, and the entire status quo of the timeline was thrown asunder.
As the play develops, Fox’s outbursts and changes become more frequent, blurring the lines between Hamlet’s façade madness and how his mind is truly torn asunder by vengeance.
It was December 11 1978, When Salisbury’s prideful towers, cloaked in colonial might, Were rent asunder by the fi ery breath of freedom’s call.
Then he sent white work boots scrawled with names in black marker and blood down his runway; there were tailored jackets and tunics that had been ripped and rent asunder.
As fatigue or nausea take over, I am torn asunder by the morbid conviction that this might very well be the last time I travel, that soon I won’t have the strength to prepare the meal that I am cooking or rise from the bed I am making.
China was in turmoil in the 1930s, torn asunder by Japanese aggression from without and internal dissension from within.
Massive displacements of population followed, families were torn asunder, and the local trading economy was utterly destroyed.
That sale will decimate your pocketbook, if it wasn’t already ripped asunder by the beast that is the holiday season.
The family has been torn asunder by the case.
If it is not God that brought the two people together, you will surely be put asunder.
It’s believed so much ice built up on the craft than it simply split asunder.
Now Mia has become the party’s political monster, tearing it asunder as he grows wings ready to fly on his blind ambition to become the party’s president.
There, three years of war between sides backed by rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran have ripped the country asunder.
Attempting to arrest the prophet for his bold words of defiance, Jeroboam's hand was "dried up", and the altar before which he stood was rent asunder.
Clinton's now open candidacy was opposed by many who, while not friends of James Madison, feared that Clinton was now apt to tear the Democratic-Republican party asunder.
Internal dissension set in when the party's TDs distanced themselves from O'Duffy's extreme views, and his movement fell asunder.
Many of these unhappy victims were sawed asunder, according to a precedent to which David had given the sanction of his examples.
Múspellmegir, Múspellsynir) and the Rjúfendr (from rjúfa — "to break, tear asunder", Destroyers of Doomsday).
Common combinations with asunder
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- torn asunder 6×
- asunder by 6×
- rent asunder 3×