Break off Sentence Examples

I beg you to leave the town and break off all communication with such men as Klyucharev.

In his mind, it is better to break off the relationship since there is no future.

There's little chance that the detail work will break off or crack when unmolding the finished bars.

Both break off abruptly at Baruch iii.

In some birds, such as the herons, certain down-feathers or plumulae break off into a fine dust as fast as they are formed and form tracts defined in size and situation and known as "powder-down patches."

Here the ice converges into the valleys and moves with increasing velocity in the form of glaciers into the fjords, where they break off as icebergs.

Early in 1859 the outrages on British subjects had caused the British minister to break off diplomatic relations.

These break off and, lying in the coelomic fluid, break up into spermatozoa.

In return for a general pardon he undertook to break off relations with France and England and loyally 'to support the emperor.

Somewhere here I break off and plant dahlias (plus 2 more) on the allotment; and harvest some great peas.

Wooden toys tend to be safer for birds as small splinters can break off plastic toys if they are pecked too much.

In certain situations, couples only need walk away from each other to break off the relationship.

There are more specific signs that it might be time to break off your friendship.

Spagetti straps are more likely to break off than other styles.

Basic Supplies - Take rolled cotton and break off a piece about two inches long.

Branches are often weak and likely to break off in the wind.

Besides adding protection and comfort, the temple pads eliminate the need for small parts that can easily break off or be pulled apart.

Shards of the lenses are unlikely to break off and enter your eye or skin.

Over processing can cause hair to fall out or break off.

If the handle is pressed too rapidly or firmly, it can break off the appliance.

Candle Bars - Each bar is made up of six squares, which you break off and burn one at a time.

If you feel threatened or concerned in any way, break off communications immediately.

Candidates had further to be fugitives (probably slaves), and as a preliminary had to break off a bough from a specified tree.

The rupture of the concordat at once terminates the obligations which resulted from it on both sides; but it does not break off all relation between the church and the state, since the two societies continue to coexist on the same territory.

Asa utilized the treasure of the Temple and palace to induce the Syrians to break off their relations with Baasha.

Baker induced the king to break off his connection with the Wesleyan body in Sydney, and to set up a state church.

It did not occur to the emperor that it would be wise to break off the fight now and seek a more favourable opportunity of beating the allies in detail.

At last he felt compelled to break off from the church for which he had lived and fought; but the breach could not clear him from the contradictions in which he found himself entangled.

At a town meeting on the 11th of July 1774 it was resolved that "a firm and inviolable union of our colonies is absolutely necessary for the defence of our civil rights," and that "the most effectual measures to defeat the machinations of the enemies of His Majesty's government and the liberties of America is to break off all commercial intercourse with Great Britain and the West Indies until these oppressive acts for raising a revenue in America are repealed."

Preparations had been made by the allies, ever since Ney's appearance,to break off the engagement, and now the tsar ordered a general retreat eastwards, himself with the utmost skill and bravery directing the rearguard.

As an indication of their earnestness of purpose the government allowed officials a period of six months in which to break off the use of opium, under heavy penalties if they failed to do so.

When it is used to relieve pain or diarrhoea, if the dose be not taken at the usual time the symptoms of the disease recur with such violence that the remedy is speedily resorted to as the only means of relief, and thus the habit is exceedingly difficult to break off.

To break off the habit of opium-eating is exceedingly difficult, and can be effected only by actual external restraint, or the strongest effort of a powerful will, especially if the dose has been gradually increased.

Fortunately for the duke of Guienne the majority of his subjects had no desire to become Frenchmen; the Gascons felt no national sympathy with their neighbors of the north, and the towns in especial were linked to England by close ties of commerce, and had no wish whatever to break off their allegiance to the house of Plantagenet.

They were joined by many Democrats and Radicals, who seized this opportunity to break off all relations with Ruiz Zorilla and to adhere to the monarchy.

But it is to be presumed that the punishment came from Israel - the use of Syrian mercenaries not excluded - and if, instead of using his treasure to ward off the invasion of Syria, Jehoash bribed Damascus to break off relations with Israel, an alternative explanation of the origin of the Aramaean wars may be found.2 12.

Frederick William, seeing his son apparently absorbed in frivolous and effeminate amusements, gradually conceived for him an intense ., dislike, which had its share in causing him to break off the negotiations for a double marriage between the prince of Wales and Wilhelmina, and the princess Amelia, daughter of George II., and Frederick; for Frederick had been so indiscreet as to carry on a separate correspondence with the English court and to vow that he would marry Amelia or no one.

My friends did all they could to excite my curiosity by hints and half-spelled sentences which they pretended to break off in the nick of time.

He cut his trees level and close to the ground, that the sprouts which came up afterward might be more vigorous and a sled might slide over the stumps; and instead of leaving a whole tree to support his corded wood, he would pare it away to a slender stake or splinter which you could break off with your hand at last.

None of them, not even the middle-aged Dimmler, wanted to break off their conversation and quit that corner in the sitting room, but Natasha got up and Nicholas sat down at the clavichord.

If you're using it to form figurines, flowers, or other small details, break off parts of it and squeeze or pinch them into the shapes you need.

Inspect the wound and the tick, while still in the tweezers, to make sure the head did not break off and get left behind in the skin.

Of course, anybody who's actually tried to stumble home from the bar at one in the morning to break off a piece of squirrel tail knows that getting from point A to point B is never that easy.

Check the toys to see if there are any parts that break off easily, or if the top can become lodged in a child's throat; choking is always a danger for children, so you'll want to be vigilant in this aspect.

However, much of the information is still relevant, such as how to break off an online relationship and how to move it to in-person if things are going well.