breaking off
Example Sentences
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The plate tears apart in stages, with different sections breaking off over time.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
During tours of the newly returned land, tribal culture experts kept breaking off to take care of the various native plants that they noticed needed some love.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Suzanne's Law is named after Edinburgh book-keeper Suzanne Pilley, who disappeared in 2010 after breaking off an affair with a work colleague.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
One of the best views of waves breaking off Maine’s rugged coast can be seen from Ogunquit’s Marginal Way, a coastal cliff walk in the southern part of the state.
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
After breaking off a long Jimpson weed to use as a prod, I got up on Rubin’s shoulder, and he raised me up.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
