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  • This unexpected incident and soul-rending disaster filled the world with bewilderment.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • This unexpected incident and soul-rending disaster filled the world with bewilderment.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • This unexpected incident and soul-rending disaster filled the world with bewilderment.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • Some of us are inextricably married to the soul-rending idea that the world is cruel and unfair and choose to live in a judgmental, negative state that separates us from others.

    Arthur Rosenfeld: Pushing Hands 2009

  • But gutborne reactons like that go a long way to suggesting why there'll always be Big Business in base, "ghost train gimcrackery" what a line! at the expense of genuine soul-rending horror, no matter how much we who yearn for something deeper lament it.

    April come she will Arbogast 2008

  • No, you probably won't come away with a soul-rending epiphany after a few hours that will turn you into some kind of superman.

    Snake Oil Steve Perry 2007

  • But the crisp dialogue, soul-rending character development, and raw man vs laser action scenes elevate Laser Force to another level.

    LASER FORCE David Campbell 2007

  • But the crisp dialogue, soul-rending character development, and raw man vs laser action scenes elevate Laser Force to another level.

    Archive 2007-07-01 David Campbell 2007

  • In July, I exposed zarabee to soul-rending horrors 250 points.

    December 7th, 2005 curufea 2005

  • Oh! I could go on, but let's end this discussion With soul-rending trumpet and throbbing percussion,

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

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