break into pieces
Example Sentences
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Other times, the spiral might break into pieces, and each piece might slowly turn into a planet.
From Space Scoop • Oct. 24, 2025
Anyone who has ever baked a cake knows the despair of trying to turn it out of the pan, only to see it stick or break into pieces.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2022
Then, in 2010, physicists Luis Lehner and Frans Pretorius used a computer simulation to show that the outer surface of black holes could break into pieces and leave behind naked singularities.
From Scientific American • Aug. 23, 2021
“It will break into pieces, and they will get smaller and smaller, until she becomes part of the solar wind,” said Fox.
From The Guardian • Aug. 10, 2018
This is a house that will break into pieces.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
