break through

Example Sentences

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After initially trying to negotiate with the settlers, Mohammed rushed up to the grave just as they were about to break through a slab which was all that remained between them and his father's remains.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

You don’t know them outside of the clips–slash–paid ads, but you feel like you do, which makes it all the more difficult for actually scrupulous journalists and fact-finders to break through and correct the record.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Limited success followed, including exposure on cable networks CMT: Country Music Television and Great American Country, though it was not enough to break through.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The goal is to “flood the zone,” as Spanberger herself put it, and create so much noise that the truth struggles to break through.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

Pong wanted to reach out and pat him on the shoulder, or pinch his arm, or do something, anything, to break through that wall of silence.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat