Which occasion do you use "asunder"?

Question

Which occasion do you use "asunder"?

I am not sure.

please give me expample sentences with explanations,

and do you also have a good idea to memorize it?

do you sometimes use it ?

and many thanks

Answer 1

1.  Into separate parts or pieces: broken asunder.

2. Apart from each other either in position or in direction: The curtains had been drawn asunder.

I never hear anyone use the word, except my mother who's 70

and she says sawn asunder which she probably gets from the bible - Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, ...

Answer 2

"asunder" :

1 : into parts <torn asunder>

2 : apart from each other in position <wide asunder>

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionar...

I would use it for an article in TIME Magazine, but not for Newsweek. It sounds very Biblical.

Answer 3

This is an old world word that has no place in the modern language UNLESS one is trying to make a grand delimma and place the fear of "Oh c**p!" into it's audience.

The torment of the sky above was ripped asunder by the lightning and the thunder that flashed and tore the clouds apart as if all h**l was breaking loose from the underbelly of the vile dragon that lay asleep in the mountains for milliniums.

Answer 4

Asunder means "Into separate parts or pieces:" like "broken asunder" or "Apart from each other either in position or in direction:" like "The curtains had been drawn asunder."

"The ogre ripped the elf's limbs asunder" etc.

I use it a lot :)