rifted; rifting; rifts
: to burst open
Synonyms
Examples of rift in a Sentence
Noun
The fight will only widen the rift with his brother.
the rift in the rock
We could see some stars through the rifts in the clouds.
Scientists are studying the Mid-Atlantic Rift.
Recent Examples on the Web
Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024
No bridge of compromise can quite traverse the rift: as King Solomon knew, there are no half-children.
—R. O. Kwon, TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
The three appeared to have mended their rift several times, with Ye sending Swift flowers and Kardashian and Swift seen dancing during a Ye performance at an awards show.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2024
As an adult, Suri Cruise should be free to speak out about her father, his beliefs and their rift, journalist and Scientology expert Tony Ortega told Page Six.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
The near- and medium-term disagreements between Washington and Tel Aviv are significant, but the true scope of the rift comes into view only from the highest altitude.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
In the trailer above, premiering with PEOPLE, the cast members deal with new rifts between agents and sort through old drama that left fans with a cliffhanger last season.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
Naipaul’s The Enigma of Arrival: books that don’t flinch away from the ambiguous rift between past and present, the implausibility of ever feeling at home again.
—Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
In fact, distrust between Black Americans and Jewish Americans created a sizable rift just a few years after Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marched together for racial equality and civil rights.
—Devan Schwartz, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2022
The police, unsurprisingly, started to fire tear gas canisters again, trying to rift and wedge the fleeing protesters.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 28 Dec. 2019
Collectively, the two plates are also rifting away from the Arabian Plate, which already separates Africa from the Middle East.
—Susmita Baral, Teen Vogue, 13 Apr. 2018
That is, for fall, alongside rifted-upon replicas of archival pieces, Balenciaga sent out tote bags in fuchsia taffeta and feathers to match the flouncy dresses.
—Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 15 Mar. 2017
Noun
As has happened with so many rifts in our country’s history, students have simply used their activism to become a prism reflecting the wider world.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024
No bridge of compromise can quite traverse the rift: as King Solomon knew, there are no half-children.
—R. O. Kwon, TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
The three appeared to have mended their rift several times, with Ye sending Swift flowers and Kardashian and Swift seen dancing during a Ye performance at an awards show.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2024
As an adult, Suri Cruise should be free to speak out about her father, his beliefs and their rift, journalist and Scientology expert Tony Ortega told Page Six.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
The near- and medium-term disagreements between Washington and Tel Aviv are significant, but the true scope of the rift comes into view only from the highest altitude.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
In the trailer above, premiering with PEOPLE, the cast members deal with new rifts between agents and sort through old drama that left fans with a cliffhanger last season.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
Naipaul’s The Enigma of Arrival: books that don’t flinch away from the ambiguous rift between past and present, the implausibility of ever feeling at home again.
—Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
In fact, distrust between Black Americans and Jewish Americans created a sizable rift just a few years after Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marched together for racial equality and civil rights.
—Devan Schwartz, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
Verb
However, the supercontinent began to rift and splinter in the late Triassic about 230 million years ago.
—Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2022
The police, unsurprisingly, started to fire tear gas canisters again, trying to rift and wedge the fleeing protesters.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 28 Dec. 2019
Collectively, the two plates are also rifting away from the Arabian Plate, which already separates Africa from the Middle East.
—Susmita Baral, Teen Vogue, 13 Apr. 2018
That is, for fall, alongside rifted-upon replicas of archival pieces, Balenciaga sent out tote bags in fuchsia taffeta and feathers to match the flouncy dresses.
—Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 15 Mar. 2017
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“Rift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rift. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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