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breaking off

NOUN
  1. an instance of sudden interruption

How To Use breaking off In A Sentence

  • Probably by breaking off from a frame to do a quick poo in the corner of the auditorium.
  • The fruit of the fig is about as big as a rounceval pea, or very small gooseberry; and each of them, upon breaking off the stalk very close, produces one drop of a milky liquor, resembling the juice of our figs, of which the tree is indeed a species. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13
  • This morning little knots of staff writers were talking to each other in low voices and then breaking off when I came by.
  • Ian is talking in a professional way about forward planning, organisation and continuity before breaking off.
  • Breaking off a couple of pieces from the beignet, he tossed them in front of the optimistic pigeons. Etched in Bone
  • They are also having great fun, absorbed in what they are doing, breaking off only to fire insistent questions at their teacher.
  • Sitting at A, I now began husking, breaking off the husks from each ear in three strokes, thus: With my hand I drew back half the husk; second, I drew back the other half; third, I broke the husk from the cob. Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden
  • The commander of the German task force radioed that he was breaking off the action.
  • Grabbing a pitch fork she shoved it into one bale breaking off chucks that she spread out between the three ever grateful recipients.
  • The commander of the German task force radioed that he was breaking off the action.
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