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
• Four teal break off a big mob and fly up the guts of the spread.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2024
• People sit on parts of the house, and pieces break off.
  — Christine Fernando, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2020
• 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
• Most pups are going to lose sight of deer and break off.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 20 Nov. 2020
• Don’t pick up the entire piece of bread; break off a small piece and eat it.
  — Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2023
• Keep in mind in the last decade, 12 blocks of ice the size of the state of Rhode Island have broken off the South Pole.
  — NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
• Its rack should have been a 5x4, but two tines had broken off down to 4x3.
  — Bryan Hendricks, arkansasonline.com, 3 Dec. 2023
• Neeva doesn’t have to break off a lot of the search market share to do well.
  — David Doty, Forbes, 28 June 2021
• The top of the bottle had broken off and was found nearby.
  — Phil Gast, CNN, 25 Jan. 2020
• Do not twist or jerk the bug, to avoid causing the mouthparts to break off and remain in the skin.
  — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2021
• That the solution is autarky and to just break off ties.
  — Bytristan Bove, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2022
• That caused the branches attached to the dead cell to break off and start clusters of their own.
  — Quanta Magazine, 22 Sep. 2021
• Back at the motel, my wife broke off a small branch and stuffed it in a coffee can.
  — oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2020
• Elliott broke off a 26-yard run on the first play and then Williams a 43-yard touchdown run on the last.
  — Mike Frainie, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2024
• 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
• The grass will often just break off at ground level when the soil is very dry.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 7 Aug. 2021
• Near its lowest point, still about 36 miles above the surface of the Earth, a chunk broke off and burned up.
  — Joshua Sokol, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2020
• If they are dried out and break off easily, put the plant back.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2021
• The bars break off easily for small bites, and are filled with all sorts of good things.
  — Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2020
• Be careful not to twist the tick or dig around, which could cause parts of it to break off and get stuck in your skin.
  — Washington Post, 24 May 2021
• 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 force of the impact caused the bus bench to break off the sidewalk and towards Saavedra, striking him.
  — Steven Hernandez, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2021
• Sometimes the boxes match up at the edges or overlap or break off.
  — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2021
• The size, in square miles, of the iceberg that just broke off Pine Island Glacier on the edge of Antarctica.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 13 Feb. 2020
• One of its rotor blades broke off during touchdown and was flung away to one side (far left).
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
• One of her wisdom teeth had broken off, exposing the root.
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Jan 2025