break off

Example Sentences

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Then, in March, it agreed to break off its condiment and cooking-product business and combine it with McCormick, the spice company.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The report said it was very likely that the glacier tongue would break off in the coming years, splitting the glacier in two.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

When ovarian cancer develops, cancer cells break off from the tumor.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

Likewise, Saquon Barkley hasn’t been the same threat, but he can still break off some big runs.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

“It is the body that is old. Sometimes I am afraid I will break off a finger as one breaks a stick of chalk. And the spirit is no older and not much wiser.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway