Example Sentences

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Noonan did not realize the comet was breaking up until he reviewed the images the following day.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

I got a crying voice note from a source whose voice was breaking.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026

Andrew told BBC Newsnight in 2019 that he last saw Epstein in New York in early December 2010 to tell the disgraced financier he was breaking off the friendship.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

Cross, the Floridian who gave birth in October, said she felt like her back was breaking during contractions and begged to go to the hospital for an epidural.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

But Jamie had given up helping and instead was breaking thick hunks of crust off the disheveled pies still hanging around the dessert table.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth