Sentences with break up
break up
B b - Civil war could come if the country breaks up. [VERB PREPOSITION]
- My girlfriend had broken up with me. [VERB PREPOSITION + with]
- MPs say they work too hard and that is why so many of their marriages break up. [VERB PREPOSITION]
- A neighbour asked for the music to be turned down and the party broke up. [VERB PREPOSITION]
- It's the last week before they break up, and they're doing all kinds of Christmas things. [VERB PREPOSITION]
- The line's gone; I think you're breaking up. [VERB PREPOSITION]
- Kindness breaks me up; it makes me cry. [VERB noun PREPOSITION]
- Since the break-up of his marriage he had not formed any new relationships.
- ...the break-up of British Rail for privatisation. [+ of]
- The meeting broke up at noon
- You're breaking up
- The news of his death broke her up
- This caused the break-up of the coalition.
- He broke a vase.
- She broke her promise.
- To break off friendly relations with another country.
- He broke his leg.
- To break the skin.
- The bleating of a foghorn broke the silence. The troops broke formation.
- His touchdown run broke the tie. She found it hard to break the cigarette habit.
- She had to break the set to sell me the two red ones I wanted.
- She broke a dollar bill into change. The prism broke the light into all the colors of the rainbow.
- The stone broke the surface of the water.
- To break jail.
- He never broke 200 in bowling or 80 in golf.
- He broke the good news to her at dinner.
- The police needed only a week to break that case.
- She almost broke a blood vessel from laughing so hard.
- To break a watch.
- She broke the blister with a needle.
- They threatened to break him if he didn't stop discounting their products.
- They broke him by the threat of blackmail.
- His arm broke the blow.
- To break a horse.
- They will break the story tomorrow.
- He broke a curve over the plate for a strike.
- The FBI broke his alibi by proving he knew how to shoot a pistol.
- They were going to break the sales campaign with a parade in April.
- The glass broke on the floor.
- She pulled too hard and the string broke.
- The knob broke off in his hand.
- The television set broke this afternoon.
- War broke over Europe.
- She broke into song. When they entered, a cheer broke from the audience.
- His face broke into a smile.
- He broke away from the arresting officer. She finally broke away from her parents and got an apartment of her own.
- The pass receiver broke for the goal line.
- The hunters broke through the underbrush.
- A blood vessel broke in his nose. The blister broke when he pricked it.
- Don't break in on the conversation. Let's break for lunch.
- A deer broke into the clearing. A rash broke out on her arm.
- The day broke hot and sultry.
- The storm broke.
- The weather broke after a week, and we were able to sail for home.
- After years of hardship and worry, his health broke.
- He broke under questioning.
- Her heart broke when he told her that he no longer loved her.
- After his voice broke, he could no longer sing soprano parts.
- His voice broke when he mentioned her name.
- The waves broke on the shore.
- The ball broke over the plate.
- The horses broke fast from the gate.
- The fighters fell into a clinch and broke on the referee's order.
- The story broke in the morning papers.
- There was a break in the window.
- The break in the wall had not been repaired.
- A break for freedom.
- When the rain lessened, I made a break for home.
- Abstract painters made a break with the traditions of the past.
- They noticed a curious break in his voice.
- Sorry to hear about your bad luck, but I guess those are the breaks.
- The actors took a ten-minute break from rehearsal.
- It broke up when it hit the ground.
- She broke up with her boyfriend last week.
- The meeting finally broke up after a three-hour discussion.
- You're breaking up. Can you repeat that?
- Break up the cheese and put it in the salad.
- The police came in to break up the disturbance.
- England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out.
- A clean break.
- They broke camp at dawn and proceeded toward the mountains.
- He played poker all night and broke even.
- To break ground for a new housing development.
- It breaks my heart to hear you are leaving me.
- He didn't show up again? Oh, give me a break!