"Rive" Example Sentences
1. The storm winds rived the tree in two.
2. The rocks rived the hull of the ship.
3. The river ripped and rived the banks during the flooding.
4. The serrated edge rived the stick cleanly.
5. The car accident rived the guard rail to shreds.
6. The explosion rived the walls and ceiling apart.
7. The battering ram rived the gate off its hinges.
8. The wedge rived the two logs effortlessly.
9. The axe rived the stump in half with a single stroke.
10. The branch rived off the tree during the ice storm.
11. The chainsaw rived through the log swiftly.
12. The lumberjack's axe rived the trunk apart.
13. Tectonic plates riving the landmass in two.
14. The floodwaters riving the foundations of the building.
15. The hurricane winds riving the trees from the ground.
16. He used a chisel to rive the stone slab.
17. The crash rived the boat into two pieces.
18. The rapids rived the inflatable raft apart.
19. The boulder rived the ice sheet as it rolled.
20. The collision rived the two cars apart.
21. The cracking ice rived down the center.
22. The huge rock rived the thinner slab in half.
23. The strong rope rived the heavy branch off the tree.
24. The bird's beak strived the worm in two.
25. Tidal forces rived the iceberg into multiple pieces.
26. The machines rived the tree stump from the ground.
27. The pressure rived the rock formation apart.
28. The current rived the fallen tree into fragments.
29. The hammer and wedge rived the rotten log into boards.
30. The shears rived the metal sheet cleanly.
31. The pressure riving the container's seams.
32. The hammer and chisel rived a groove in the rock.
33. The collision rived the truck in half.
34. The battering ram rived the wooden door out of its frame.
35. The glacier rived the mountain slowly over time.
36. The floodwaters rived the sandbag barricade.
37. The animals rived the dead carcass apart.
38. The glacier rived the rock as it moved.
39. The storm rived the building to rubble.
40. Violent forces riving the earth's crust apart.
41. River rapids rive rocks and boulders apart.
42. The mob rived the gates from their hinges.
43. Nature's forces rived the iceberg to bits.
44. The plow rived the hard earth into furrows.
45. The blade rived the rope cleanly in two.
46. The plow rived through the field easily.
47. The crash rived the truck in half lengthwise.
48. The explosion rived the door from its frame.
49. Haul ropes rived the stump out of the ground.
50. The current rived chunks of ice into the bay.
51. The wind and rain rived the leaves off the trees.
52. The collision rived the two ships apart.
53. The storm rived roofs off houses.
54. The waves rived the wooden pier to pieces.
55. Jagged rocks rived the hull of the ship.
56. The splitting wedge rived the log apart.
57. Ice rived the fallen tree into pieces.
58. The storm rived tree branches off one by one.
59. Tremors rived the city into rubble.
60. Natural forces riving the landscape slowly over time.
Common Phases
rived asunder - torn or split apart violently
rived apart - separated abruptly or violently
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riven rock - rock that has been split or cleft
riven by conflict - divided by conflict
Some alternative phrases with '
rive':
torn/split/cleft apart
separated violently
burst/broken asunder
fractured into pieces
rent/
riven to shreds
rent assunder
And here are 12 more example sentences:
1. The earthquake
riven the building asunder.
2. His political views
rive his own party apart.
3. The mighty oak was
riven by lightning.
4. Huge cracks
riven the dry earth.
5. The blast rent the steel door
riven.
6. The hammer and wedge
riven the log into splinters.
7. The glacier rent the mountainside
riven.
8. Floodwaters rent the dam
riven.
9. The hurricane rent branches
riven from the trees.
10. The explosion rent the boulder
riven into fragments.
11. Violent forces rent the valley
riven.
12. The pounding surf rent waves
riven into driftwood.