He gave a side-splitting burlesque of the conflict.

Better boil herbs, thou toiler after gain, Than, splitting cummin, split thy hand in twain.

My jaws will open to the splitting point and my perfect nose wrinkle ferociously, for the joy of holding a living, terrified body.

These Southerners have voices of such rock-splitting power that, when twenty or thirty of them, inspired by Bacchus, or excited by discussion, shout together, one asks if it would be possible for devils on the rampage to raise a more hideous tumult.

He always said splitting rails, bushing, plowing and work like that was for men.

A mighty blow was delivered to the eartha jara splitting shock to windy darkness; a wave of heavy air was flung afarand then came the soft, heavy thumping of falling earth.

At a stroke all that anxiety about wasting votes and splitting votes, which is the secret of all party political manipulation vanishes.