broken off

Example Sentences

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Unprotected areas showed fresh damage: irrigation pipes sticking into the air where land had broken off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Then snags, standing dead trees broken off halfway up.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

But local markets have broken off into two distinct categories.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

Their daughter has now broken off all contact with them, Ng said.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

As Strider raised it they saw that near the end its edge was notched and the point was broken off.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien