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How to use break off in a sentence

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The politician was considered a Russophobe because of his decision that Bulgaria break off relations with Russia.
It seems like every time I go climbing on a sandstone formation, I break off a handhold, yet I can't put a dent in this boulder.
Sometimes, the stresses are strong enough to break off chunks of the comet's nucleus.
Some the stems of the flowers seem too weak to support the flower, so they bend over and sometimes break off.
The cells would break off and could be seen floating in suspension in the tissue culture medium.
Her heart felt as if it was hanging onto a single strand of thread, able to break off and shatter into pieces any moment.
It was a stunning success, made better by the fact that we did not break off for food.
Today Sargassum reproduces asexually by vegetative budding of new shoots that eventually break off to form new plants.
Moose break off branches of poplar saplings and of red and striped maples to feed on the terminal buds and twigs.
There he was, hanging by one arm to a rock that looked ready to break off at any minute.
Dropping scissors can knock the blades out of alignment, break off tips and nick cutting edges.
The cerci of some diplurans are designed to break off near the base if they are mishandled.
Again, branchiae break off when the animal is fixed unless care is taken to relax the specimen first.
Actually I have not often found it necessary to break off a net acquaintanceship.
In some cases the use of chemical texturizers may cause color treated tresses to become brittle, spongy or break off.
I even break off some thick crusty white bread and mop up the excess olive oil.
Alternatively, dip a toothpick or sliver of wood in glue and break off the tip in the stripped hole, then reinstall the screw.
As the glacier reaches the lake, icebergs break off and slowly drift out to the sea.
A bit of the clot can break off and end up blocking a vessel in your lung, causing a pulmonary embolus.
I open the box of matzos and break off pieces to eat while we try to figure out the difference between regular cooking time and microwave time.
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Examples from Classical Literature
It is an easy matter, therefore, for the grosbeak to break off a single seed.
The Arab had listened attentively and with a subtle smile to the Memphite, whose duties as guide now compelled him to break off.
A fencer of the old school could not run to the attack, nor suddenly break off.
I want to break off with her first and not leave her all the glory of dumping me.
Kerned types are a source of trouble because of the ease with which these projections break off during composition, proofing, etc.
Our author is wont to break off suddenly and intersperse his arguments with affectionate words of exhortation.
No sooner does the Left of some party break off and found a new party than it is immediately confronted by its own leftism.
Think what fun to sit and break off twigs of barley sugar, candied cherries, and leaves that tasted like peppermint and sassafras!
Sometimes the illusion disappears while there is yet time to break off the betrothal.
Deadhead rhododendrons where the flower meets the stem, being careful not to break off vegetative buds below the fading flower.
To make a beak, break off the end of a pretzel stick, and push it into the bottom yellow marshmallow.
Then John Jarndyce discovers that Ada and I must break off and that if I don't amend that very objectionable course, I am not fit for her.
And both periodically break off into sub-cults anathematizing and waging internecine war against wayward brethren.
So Pearl, who had enough of shadow in her own little life, chose to break off all acquaintance with this repining brook.
This indifferent, if not hostile, attitude on William's part made it impossible to break off without animosity, largely and completely.
Then he felt inclined to quench a little thirst, and to break off for himself a cluster of grapes.
The tip of the bougie may break off whilst in the Eustachian tube.
She was obliged to break off from these very pleasant observations, which were otherwise of a sort to run into great length, by the eagerness of Harriet's wondering questions.
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