How to Use break with in a Sentence

break with

phrasal verb

• Ties in any round will be broken with a 60-second swing-off.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2023
• LeBron James scooted up the left side of the court, and the Lakers triggered the break with an outlet.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
• There’s a good chance that string will break with the 2026 election, regardless of how Atkins does.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
• For years, the best place to be in Hollywood was on a smoke break with Lynda Obst.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
• So far, the opposite has happened, as the Orioles entered the All-Star break with the third-best record in the major leagues at 54-35.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2023
• Christie, who was also once a close Trump ally, broke with the former president in the wake of the 2020 election.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
• This time, though, Israel faces a rare break with Washington.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• On a break with colleagues one day, Takala feared that her beverage order might be a tell.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• Parents keen to experience a city break with kids in tow might want to jet off to Toronto.
  — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2023
• The Warriors are emerging from the All-Star break with a clear path to the postseason ahead of them, but with little room for error to take a wrong turn.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
• O’Connor broke with precedent to broadly side with the Brackeens.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 15 June 2023
• But San Francisco got a huge break with a holding call on Kansas City.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
• Laid on top of the eerie beats that have become the norm in his hometown, his raps cast a spell that can only be broken with a splash of holy water.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 2 Jan. 2024
• And until this week, Biden had broken with custom and declined to invite Netanyahu to the White House.
  — Owen Tucker-Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
• The younger generation wants a sharp break with the past, and the president is listening.
  — Robert B. Zoellick, WSJ, 7 June 2023
• Briefly Jonas Brodin played for the first time since returning from the break with an illness, slotting into the blue line with Zach Bogosian.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2024
• Everything else sort of came from that big lucky break with Brian Wilson.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2024
• This explosion of deals is a break with Hollywood’s past.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
• This is when Lee-Egan’s story breaks with the entirety of the California past.
  — Daniel Duane, New York Times, 30 May 2023
• In order to ensure the metallic yarn didn’t degrade or break with usage, the team wrapped the wires around snap fasteners at the end of each stripe in the fabric.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 May 2023
• After that section of the city became part of East Germany in 1949, the country’s rulers demolished it to signal their break with the past.
  — Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 4 May 2023
• Since Bieber went on the injured list right after the All-Star break with a sore right elbow, the Guards have gone with a four-man rotation along with a bullpen game to take the fifth turn.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 29 July 2023
• Besides breaking with the past, Saturday and Friday at times varied from hour to hour, going from wet to dry and back again.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
• All told, 71 House Republicans broke with McCarthy to reject the deal.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 2 June 2023
• How is Obamacare the best proof out there that politicians would rather fight with each other than get things done, and how does this largely break with what voters want?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
• But in beaming a sliver of light from inside the palace walls and his own life, the king has broken with his mother and royal tradition.
  — Laurie Kellman, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2024
• The case represents a significant break with the past, Becker said.
  — Paulina Villegas, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
• For decades, new leaders—left and right—have entered office with radical reform programs meant to mark a sharp break with the past.
  — Bruno Binetti, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2023
• In 2016, coastal communities were among the biggest backers of Brexit and a break with Europe.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2023
• Outside the villa’s bright-red door, Fajã Do Belo guests will find one of the most remote surf spots in the Atlantic — a break with views of the unique fajãs and the rugged cliffs that border them.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024