break the news

idiom

: to tell (someone) bad news
We tried to break the news to her gently.

Examples of break the news in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Our sister site Variety was the first to break the news. Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 18 June 2024 On the way home, Pumpkin decided to break the news to Alana, who was back at college, and Alana debated taking a semester off of school. Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024 Hyland had to break the news from Florida while her kids were in Pittsburgh. Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024 Manager Buck Britton called him into his office to break the news, kicking off a chaotic day of travel that included an evening of frantic packing, an overnight drive to Richmond and a 6 a.m. flight Wednesday morning. Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for break the news 

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“Break the news.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/break%20the%20news. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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