As the wires snapped into place, she halted and looked back at him.
If the wire snaps the signal automatically fails safe and returns to danger.
Her voice was strained, like a wire snapped tight.
It was hard for him, too, and he said some words she'd never heard, but after a little while the wire snapped.
That was it; the wire had snapped, and must be slowly snaking back towards the stars.
A wire supporting his boat's mast snapped at a point 46 feet above the frigid ocean water.
If the wire had snapped, it would take several weeks to manufacture and install a replacement.
It bit down so hard that the wire snapped.
Brittle wire that has not been annealed may snap during the drawing process.
These wires would snap if you breathed on them.