break apart
Example Sentences
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"It challenges some of the more traditional ideas of how continents break apart," says Rowan.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
As the supercontinent Gondwana began to break apart near the end of the Jurassic Period and into the early Cretaceous Period, smaller basins formed in what are now the Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
The car-sized rover carried two tubes of a chemical called TMAH, which can break apart organic matter to see what it is made out of.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
Over time, however, that same scraping action causes the sponge itself to break apart.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
When we break apart, I pull Caleb down the alley, and can’t resist calling back, “I’ll miss you.”
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
