break bread
Example Sentences
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Is TED the last place in America where billionaires and activists still break bread together?
From Slate • May 8, 2026
“It was clear he had mastered how to build ties and create an atmosphere where people could break bread together and felt like they were getting access to him,” Stroul said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
And so the story returns, as it always does, to devastation: a creature who longed to break bread with humanity instead learns to starve himself of hope.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025
We all have drinks before enjoying a meal and I bake bread for every guest to open up the conversation and literally break bread over conversations.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024
Once there, it would have been discourteous not to break bread with the banker, so Jon sent Satin off to fetch them food.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
