Past tense of sunder
regular verb
The past tense of sunder is sundered. The past participle is also sundered.
Forms of sunder
| Base form (V1) | sunder /ˈsʌndɚ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sundered |
| Past participle (V3) | sundered |
| Present participle | sundering |
| Third person singular | sunders |
Sundered in a sentence
- In Taran's hand the sundered bone had turned into gray dust, which he cast aside.1967, Lloyd Alexander, Taran Wanderer
- The ground here was as hard as stone, the dirt and dust dry as bone sundered in the desert scorch.2010, Stony Stern, Run Past The Hunter, page 143
- Chief Joyi railed against the white man, whom he believed had deliberately sundered the Xhosa tribe, dividing brother from brother.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 27. From the entry rail
- Religion, ritual, art, moral regulation have been sundered out of their original fusion, appreciated for a moment, and then dispensed.1988, James W. Carey, Media, myths, and narratives: television and the press. From the entry sunder out
- He could almost set aside the longing for Eyjan that ever querned within him—almost—in this place so utterly sundered from everything of hers.1979, Poul Anderson, The Merman's Children, published 2011, unnumbered page. From the entry quern
Meaning of sunder
- adjective Sundry; separate; different.
- verb To break or separate or to break apart, especially with force.
- verb To part, separate.
Questions about the past tense of sunder
- What is the past tense of sunder?
- The past tense of sunder is sundered.
- What is the past participle of sunder?
- The past participle of sunder is sundered.
- Is sunder a regular or irregular verb?
- Sunder is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sunder (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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