How to Use branch off in a Sentence

branch off

phrasal verb

• Ctenophores are thought to be the first lineage that branched off from the common ancestor of all other animals.
  — Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
• Sasha finished five side-by-side squares before branching off them to other areas to reduce the time spent waiting for the paint to dry.
  — Jody Garlock, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2024
• Other, smaller trails branch off as the series of 11 switchbacks climbs the face of the cliff.
  — oregonlive, 8 May 2023
• The burn travels to your chest and then branches off sideways.
  — Megan Farrer, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
• The branch of the tree which led to bears, dogs, and seals emerged tens of millions of years ago; primates branched off the tree many millions of years after that.
  — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
• Remove them, if possible, or crush them, or prune the branch off below where the egg mass is found.
  — Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024
• Several paths branch off from the main hike into nearby trails.
  — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
• Several other tombs branch off the same rock-cut patio.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
• The center of its body is white and slug-like with skinny yellow tentacles branching off.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
• If ctenophores branched off before sponges in the tree of life, that suggests one of two scenarios for neuron evolution.
  — Cara Giovanetti, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2024
• Its galleries branch off from the canyon-like atrium, accessible by bridges and visible through gaping holes that evoke the mouths of caves.
  — Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2023
• The truck gathering will branch off and hold rallies in Arizona, California and Texas, the press release said.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2024
• The Khoisan bushmen of southern Africa, for example, have genes that branched off from all other human lineages long ago.
  — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2010
• The company has since branched off to include dental products, food, accessories, and now the airline.
  — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2024
• This period of rapid change began after humans branched off from chimpanzees, making the results of the changes unique to humans.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
• She is inspired by her dad’s film work Sistine has branched off from modeling and moved more into her dad’s realm as she's gotten older.
  — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
• Snakes may be quick to evolve into new forms, but people could be haphazardly pruning those buds and branches off the tree of life before they’ve even been spotted.
  — Popular Science, 22 Feb. 2024
• Those will be joined by a tunnel, which branches off into the underground bunker, which has a living space and a mechanical room, as well as an escape hatch.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
• Typically, it is installed close to your water shut off valve in a horizontal pipe that is in line with your existing plumbing, before the pipes branch off to the rest of the home.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Nov. 2023
• Future installments in the franchise would decide that single timelines are boring and branch off too many universes to keep track of.
  — Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
• That point in time would mark the origins of English and German as distinct languages, branching off from a common proto-Germanic language.
  — Lucy Tu, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2023
• To do so, the researchers relied on lineages that branched off from fish early in their history, like the gar, which has heavily armored scales and belongs to a lineage that originated in the Jurassic.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 July 2023
• If the common ancestor lacked neurons, and neurons in most animals arose after ctenophores and sponges had already branched off, then the neurons in ctenophores must have evolved independently.
  — Cara Giovanetti, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2024
• The story branches off in some depressing ways depending on whether Link canonically succeeds, dies by Ganon’s hand, or somewhere in between.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
• Small vessels branching off the major artery, plus the gatekeepers that allow blood to flow into capillaries (the smallest vessels) also dilate.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2024
• Conventional wisdom holds that these radiations started out with small animals that then evolved, branched off, and grew larger.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
• Spurs branching off the main trail would provide options for reaching into population centers, such as Benton, Alexander and Bauxite.
  — Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 31 July 2023
• Scientists have discovered which animal was the first to branch off from our collective common ancestor.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 9 June 2023
• That can be very informative in many situations, but the analysis tends to get confused when lots of species branch off in a short amount of time, or when individual genes change a lot due to evolutionary pressures.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 May 2023
• The plans show that the two central mansions will be joined by a tunnel that branches off into a 5,000-square-foot underground shelter, featuring living space, a mechanical room, and an escape hatch that can be accessed via a ladder.
  — Guthrie Scrimgeour, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024