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[ riv-uhn ] / ˈrɪv ən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR riven ON THESAURUS.COM
verba past participle of rive. adjectiverent or split apart. split radially, as a log. OTHER WORDS FROM rivenun·riv·en, adjectiveWords nearby rivenrival, rivalrous, rivalry, rive, rivel, riven, river, Rivera, Rivera, Diego, riverbank, riverbank grape Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rivenBut on the French left — riven by ideological splits from competing centuries — that job is akin to herding cats. This Scary-Smart New Minister of Economy Might Just Turn France Around|Tracy McNicoll|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST The field was lackluster and riven by scandal (hello, Carlos Danger). New York City Mayoral Race Looks Wonderfully Like Democracy at Its Best|Michael Daly|September 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST These things were supposed to protect Sweden from the class-and-ethnic conflict that has riven the United States, Britain, France. What We Can Learn From Rioting in Sweden|Megan McArdle|May 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST And each side is riven by sharp internal divisions that make a deal difficult. Fiscal Cliff Stalemate Needs Two-Party Solution|Daniel Gross|December 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The country is riven by tribalism, regionalism and a host of armed militias who so far have refused to disarm. A Ray of Light in Islamist Gloom|Benny Morris|July 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST In the same way, the section of wood so riven was split again and again until each split was thin enough. The Boy Settlers|Noah Brooks There was a crash of riven timbers, the crunching ring of metal, quick oaths, a cry. Poor Man's Rock|Bertrand W. Sinclair Being well aware of this, they all held their peace while he landed on a spur of the riven cliff. Blown to Bits|R.M. Ballantyne The tree of her protection can never be riven by the lightning, nor broken by the blast. Sermons of Christmas Evans|Joseph Cross Beneath spreading trees, were a dozen or more diminutive houses, with latticed sides and roofs of riven oak boards. Mothering on Perilous|Lucy S. Furman
Words related to rivendivide, fray, rend, disintegrate, splinter, shatter, fracture, wrest, scratch, rip, impair, slit, extract, sever, frazzle, injure, damage, split, slash, crack |