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

Venezuela said Friday it was in "exploratory" talks with the United States on restoring diplomatic ties, broken off in 2019 under ousted leader Nicolas Maduro.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

But local markets have broken off into two distinct categories.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

"Once a piece has completely broken off, it no longer produces earthquakes because the rocks aren't stuck together anymore," Shuck explained.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2025

And I thought how convenient it would be now I didn't have to announce to everybody at college I had broken off with Buddy and start the boring business of blind dates all over again.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath