breaking

Example Sentences

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During tours of the newly returned land, tribal culture experts kept breaking off to take care of the various native plants that they noticed needed some love.

From Los Angeles Times

Above us, Dad fought to keep the horses from breaking out and bolting.

From Literature

Torak glanced past her into the clearing, where the dark blue dawn was breaking.

From Literature

At Bob Hope Airport in Burbank on Monday, the mercury reached 92 degrees, breaking the previous daily record of 91 degrees set in 2004.

From Los Angeles Times

They’re one of those hyper-local food traditions — like scrapple or water ice — that quietly define a place without ever quite breaking into the national conversation.

From Salon