break away

Example Sentences

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One possibility is that sunlight is warming tiny icy particles that have broken away from the nucleus.

From Science Daily

Lily breaks away from her mother’s grasp and scampers down the hallway.

From Literature

That humming and quivering broke away the last little pieces of my rock-hard heart that I didn’t even know were still there, and tears came out of my eyes, but I wasn’t crying.

From Literature

I had to break away when we were out on the lake and swim across—it was the only way!

From Literature

At the center of the discovery is sediment rich in iron that was carried into the ocean by icebergs breaking away from West Antarctica.

From Science Daily