How to Use break off in a Sentence

break off

verb

• The film was broken off from the rest of the film shot for that day.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
• This leads us to episode 4, where the season breaks off and the show breaks down.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
• Icebergs are large chunks of ice that break off of glaciers and float in the ocean.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 June 2023
• Shards of steel wool can break off and become lodged in the grain lines.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022
• Alas, the Good Grips brush is still a pro at breaking off dirt and grime.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 7 July 2023
• Don’t pick up the entire piece of bread; break off a small piece and eat it.
  — Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2023
• Its rack should have been a 5x4, but two tines had broken off down to 4x3.
  — Bryan Hendricks, arkansasonline.com, 3 Dec. 2023
• That the solution is autarky and to just break off ties.
  — Bytristan Bove, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2022
• The top of the tree went through the windshield, with the impact causing a section of it to break off inside the van.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2023
• Many of those had limbs, fingers, and even heads broken off due to 2,000-plus years of wear and tear.
  — Grace Cote, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The rocks that break off the walls are carried outside in carts, washed, and sifted through.
  — Astrid Suárez, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
• But, Hill thinks football will eventually break off from the rest of the sports.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 July 2022
• The large brown house was seen floating down the river before pieces of wood appear to break off.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 14 June 2022
• Chunks of pavement broke off onto the beach as waves and rain eroded the ground beneath the highway.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• Her fingernails were broken off and there was blood on the walls.
  — Isabelle Taft, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
• Those talks went nowhere, breaking off after a few days.
  — Andrew Dalton, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2023
• Then, about a decade ago, a piece of the glacier broke off and rapidly receded up the hill, exposing the basin.
  — Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
• When the shaking subsided, parts of the concrete walls had broken off, and pieces of the ceiling in some rooms had crashed to the floor.
  — Yaqoob Akbary, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• But at least one chunk of concrete had broken off and fallen in.
  — Tony Leys, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
• Coming to his senses, Sasha picked up a piece of the translucent sphere and tried to break off a small fragment, but wasn’t able to.
  — Vladimir Sorokin, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
• Just last week, a wheel came loose and smashed through a car, and earlier this year the door from a 737 Max aircraft broke off mid-flight.
  — Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
• The plug that broke off Alaska flight 1282 is used to seal holes left for extra emergency doors.
  — David Koenig, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
• At 34 knots on land, small branches break off trees and walking against the wind can be difficult.
  — Ilana Arougheti, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
• Talks broke off last week with both sides accusing the other of walking away from the table.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 14 July 2023
• Dawson broke off parts of the orangutan mandible that would reveal a poor fit with the human skull, and reshaped the teeth with a metal file.
  — Daniel T. Ksepka, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
• The spines can break off into the skin, and how many spikes embedded determines how harmful the sting is.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2023
• Early in 2020, a severe storm loomed over the Cypress Creek Equine farm and the fierce winds caused a tree branch to break off — right into the left eye of a yearling.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2022
• The transfer from Mobile Christian broke off runs of 79 and 99 yards – the second of which was the longest in Gulf Shores history.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 25 Aug. 2023
• His speed was the first thing that popped to receiver Mario Williams, whose eyes widened watching Lloyd break off long runs in practice.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• As the brothers punched and kicked him, Frankie Mendoza broke off the side mirror and used it as a weapon, according to the report.
  — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024