BREAK in a Sentence

Learn BREAK from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

388 example sentences for BREAK, such as:

1. Don't break in when he is telling the story.
2. They used brute force to break open the door.
3. Protesters tried to break through a police cordon.
4. Light refreshments will be served during the break.
5. Working without a break makes you more prone to error.

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 Meanings and Examples of BREAK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
break
 n.  an interruption, a short period of rest
 v.  separate suddenly or violently into two or more pieces
 v.  destroy or end something, or to come to an end
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But sometimes the two of them get going at each other, and then Ethan's face'd break your heart.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
2  "Curb them but don't break their spirits," was Mrs. Tarleton's motto.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  The room was so still she almost screamed to break the silence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  A bugle blared and a bass voice shouted the command to break ranks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  This she knew would be a straw that would break the backs of Pittypat and Melanie.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  They had been driven back once when they had tried to break through the mountain passes of that region, and they would be driven back again.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
7  Prissy screamed at the top of her voice, more from fright than pain, and began to dance up and down, writhing to break Scarlett's grip.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
8  She would hold Tara, if she had to break the back of every person on it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
9  He had only to say: "Sugar, if I were you, I wouldn't--" and the tempest would break.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
10  Let others break their hearts over the old days and the men who'll never come back.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
11  There were qualities of loyalty and tirelessness and love in them that no strain could break, no money could buy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
12  But, Ashley," her voice was beginning to break with anguish and disappointment, "But I'd counted on you.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
13  She felt that at any moment she would actually hear them break with the same pinging sound a banjo string makes when it snaps.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
14  Not even Melanie's influence could repair the break of that gossamer thread.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
15  She sank gratefully into a chair, her back, which always ached these days, feeling as though it would break in two at the waist line.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
Example Sentence: (178 in 12 pages)
16  God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed.
17  It's amazing how someone can break your heart, but you still love them with all the little pieces.
18  Protesters tried to break through a police cordon.
19  Working without a break makes you more prone to error.
20  They used brute force to break open the door.
21  I would break every rule I had just to see you be happy.
22  This is the latest attempt to break the logjam in the peace process.
23  Don't break in when he is telling the story.
24  He was the first to break the consensus and criticize the proposal.
25  Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
26  Light refreshments will be served during the break.
27  The lawyer requested a break in the court case, but the judge demurred.
28  I didn't mean to break it-it was an accident.
29  Habit is a cable: we weave a thread of it every day, and at last we cannot break it.
30  It looks like she'll be too busy to stop for a coffee break.