Example Sentences

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She renders the fearless quality of Gehry’s work in vivid verbs, pointing out that if Wright “broke open the box in his Prairie homes, Frank Gehry has ruptured the building-as-box completely—destroyed it in fact.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The biggest threat to the Beckhams' family brand could now come from their eldest child, whose explosive post "has ruptured it from within", Frost told BBC Radio 5 Live.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

The London market has ruptured to the point of disfunctionality because the free float of silver is too small to accommodate demand at present, he said.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 13, 2025

The relationship between the Bundesliga club and its financial backer has ruptured to the point where Windhorst no longer wants anything to do with Hertha.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2022

It means that your appendix, which is about the size of your tongue, and located right here, she says, pointing to the bottom of her stomach on the right side, has ruptured.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander