break it to

Example Sentences

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“I hate to break it to you,” Valentine says, “but nobody sings in real life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Hate to break it to all you Seattle-area snow lovers, but this is about as much as you’re going to get — for this round, anyway.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2021

“Every person now, you have to break it to them all over again,” Cushing said.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2021

I don't know how to break it to him but you don't have to imagine it.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2021

I knew Momma must be too embarrassed about why he wasn’t with us and was trying to break it to me gentle.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis