riven

[US]/ˈrɪvn/
[UK]/ˈrɪvn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. torn apart
Word Forms
Past Participleriven

Example Sentences

the wood was riven with deep cracks.

This country is often riven by earthquakes.

the party was riven by disagreements over Europe.

Riven began to feel his ears and toes thaw out .

The riven rock revealed a hidden cave.

Their friendship was riven by a misunderstanding.

The country was riven by political unrest.

The family was riven by conflicting loyalties.

The storm riven tree lay across the road.

Her heart was riven with sorrow.

The earthquake riven landscape was breathtaking.

The community was riven by disagreements over the new development plan.

Their once close relationship was riven by betrayal.

The riven door allowed a glimpse into the dark room.

Real-world Examples

Amid this pressure the hacker underground, riven by squabbles and splits over personality and policy, has turned on itself.

Source: The Economist - International

The crowd scatters terrified. A man rives in agony on the ground. Another lies lifeless on the snow.

Source: BBC Listening February 2015 Collection

They'd be riven to bits, ere ever they'd be different'.

Source: Difficult Times (Part 2)

But the path from now to a climate-friendlier future is riven with uncertainty.

Source: Economist Business

It plained of its gaping wounds, its inward bleeding, its riven chords.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

Brutus hath rived my heart: A friend should bear his friend's infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.

Source: American Version Language Arts Volume 6

This plant now looks entirely at home on the banks of English rives.

Source: RA real exam questions and answers demonstration.

He planted a rice paddy, an upland rive and some glutinous rice.

Source: Pan Pan

And yet, after years of conflict, countless fault lines like this crisscross Iraq, leaving riven communities and millions of upturned lives in their wake.

Source: Time

Descending the laurel walk, I faced the wreck of the chestnut-tree; it stood up black and riven: the trunk, split down the centre, gasped ghastly.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

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