break loose

Example Sentences

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Down front, Glenn swiped at the ceiling with the broom, and the mud daubers’ nest broke loose from the rafter and fell into his hands.

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Somebody was on a large cake of ice and it broke loose and headed out to sea.

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A piece of ice no larger than a hundred strides in every direction had broken loose.

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He realized that even if Rashawn had made it across, the asphalt would have broken loose and she would have still ended up in the water.

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The first landslides and Spirit Lake Fifteen seconds after the earthquake, the bulge on the north face of Mount St. Helens broke loose and began to slide down the mountain.

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