"break" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Watts promptly broke a finger and Mushtaq inherited the job.
- It promptly broke under the giff's weight, dropping Gomja to the floor, but no one laughed.
- I hammered my foot down so hard the throttle cable (or whatever you call it; I've got no knowledge of mechanics) promptly broke.
- One of the strings promptly broke, and in the faint ringing Eric thought he could hear the echo of a human voice.
- But Nadal promptly broke back on an arresting point, which he won by squeezing a passing shot down the line.
- On "Meet the Press" he promised to release all his records - and promptly broke that promise.
- When Hodges promptly broke out of his slump, she alone knew why.
- I took a cautious step, and all hell promptly broke loose underfoot.
- He stepped off the gray circle and made a cutting gesture to Daneel, who promptly broke the connection.
- Cokaze fell into a chair-which promptly broke under the impact.
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