- present participle of break.
breaking
Example Sentences
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Gold benefited from the ensuing weakness in the U.S. dollar, with the yellow metal breaking above its 200-day moving average, Truist Wealth CIO Keith Lerner told MarketWatch in an interview Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
The latest meeting was called following a report by the council's top legal officer, Alex Bougatef, who said it was his legal duty to declare the local authority is breaking the law.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The stress of the role, he said, had driven him to a breaking point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Other changes in body placement support the idea that burial traditions continued to evolve rather than simply breaking down.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Sweat was breaking out on her forehead, and she bit her lips as she pulled out her sleeping blanket and cast it aside with shaking fingers.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
