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

Andrew told BBC Newsnight in 2019 that he last saw Epstein in New York in early December 2010 to tell the disgraced financier he was breaking off the friendship.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

While welcoming the complete departure of the French army at the time, Deby had stressed that Chad was not breaking off its relationship with France altogether.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

But I can see him studying his newspaper, breaking off regularly to look up at the passers-by on the pavement outside.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro