How to Use break room in a Sentence

break room

noun

• At the end of the line at Downtown Largo, the operator walked to a break room.
  — Justin George, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
• Place in an area where employees are allowed to have their phones, like the building entrance or the break room.
  — Elizabeth Baskin, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• Workers said that going to the break room to get water takes them away from work duties for at least five minutes.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
• Those plants sit above a break room equipped with booths, couches, a ping-pong table, an air hockey table and much more.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2024
• Because so much cash was going to be exchanged, the bank arranged for the closing to be held in its kitchen and break room, which offered some privacy.
  — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
• Many of the benefits from in-person work come from the informal conversations–in the hallway, the break room, or the cafeteria.
  — Denis McDonough, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2024
• Two days after this incident, Hennig saw a coworker eating lunch in the break room.
  — Elena Gastaldo, Idaho Statesman, 11 July 2024
• Staff restrooms will be improved with showers, along with the improvement to the staff’s break room and the addition of new staff bunk rooms or temporary sleeping quarters.
  — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 12 Aug. 2023
• The complaint specifically lists late paychecks and sewage in the employee break room as some examples.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
• The labs are paired with office suites, flexible meeting spaces, advanced kinds of break rooms, and modern outdoor areas.
  — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
• In September 2022, one employee told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that there wasn’t enough work to keep people busy, prompting some to sit in the break room or go home early.
  — Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
• Hamlin decided to spend six hours setting up Airspeed’s break room himself.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2024
• To make the building a nice place to work, it was designed to have natural light, large windows, break areas like outdoor patios and decks, and a break room for staff with comfortable furniture.
  — Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
• Although the break room is air-conditioned, McAllister said the workspace has no temperature controls.
  — Niko Kommenda, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
• Some of his colleagues also came to realize — over break room conversations with colleagues in customer service — the potential harms of the program.
  — Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024
• The plants have television monitors in break rooms and cafeterias that run pro-company and anti-union messaging.
  — Stephen J. Silvia, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
• The mother of a young Black man killed by Seattle police in 2017 is outraged and demanding an apology after learning officers kept a mock tombstone marking her son’s death on a shelf in a precinct break room.
  — oregonlive, 15 July 2023
• And the housing authority in Salem took four apartments in a downtown tower for seniors and converted them into offices, including a break room and space for file storage.
  — Todd Wallack, ProPublica, 19 Sep. 2023
• The upcoming weeks are rife with holiday happenings: perhaps a party in the break room, a gift exchange at your place of worship, or your family celebration.
  — Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 11 Dec. 2023
• During my casual conversation with a co-worker in the break room, another colleague entered, seemingly in a hurry.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2024
• Certain design choices, such as a new coat of paint, wellness posters, yoga equipment, couches or plants, would distinguish these employee wellness spaces from traditional teacher break rooms.
  — Kalia Yee, oregonlive, 26 June 2023
• The artists affiliated with the archive have turned a small room near the bank gallery in the petroleum tower lobby into an anodyne-looking employee break room, complete with industrial coffee maker.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
• During her short tenure, Ms. Sewell made a strong impression on the Police Department rank and file — championing renovations of precinct break rooms, and trumpeting the successes and challenges of individual officers.
  — Maria Cramer, New York Times, 30 June 2023
• The outerwear staple makes any outfit more appropriate for work settings, while simultaneously keeping you from getting cold on airplanes, in auditoriums, or in your break room.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2023
• More subtle racist behavior has come from supervisors and fellow nurses in past jobs, too — uncomfortable looks in the break room, extra questioning from supervisors over narcotics errors he’s responsibly reported and been cleared for.
  — Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 31 May 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024