breaking
Example Sentences
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Robin is a young bird who was raised by mice and decides to prove her worth by breaking into a human house and stealing the star off the top of their Christmas tree.
From Salon
He described the new archbishop's appointment as "a profound split, profound breaking point".
From BBC
The fee is intended to provide a fair estimate of anticipated losses when actual damages are difficult to calculate, and cannot be used to punish one party for breaking the contract.
From Los Angeles Times
Bristol City signed him in 2017, but he needed loan spells at Bath, Newport and Sunderland before breaking into the Robins' first team in 2020-21.
From BBC
For companies that share their construction-in-progress spending, they rarely go any further in breaking it down.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
