broke off
Example Sentences
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Southern leaders pushed for territorial expansion – and an expansion of slave states – to ensure they maintained political power at the national level, before they broke off altogether, starting the Civil War.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Everyone got helped a little bit, but Ali kind of broke off of these stories and to see him so successful and still so smooth, it’s really cool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
The show inspired optimism, yes, but it certainly didn’t turn the dial so decisively toward radical hope that the knob broke off.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2026
During earlier warm periods, when more ice broke off from West Antarctica and drifted northward, the iron entering the ocean was often in this poorly soluble form.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 4, 2026
“I don’t know. Perhaps she’d forgotten her gloves or her shoes or——” Jane broke off suddenly.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
