1
: loss due to things broken
2
a
: the action or an instance of breaking
b
: a quantity broken
Examples of breakage in a Sentence
The pots are transported carefully to reduce the risk of breakage.
The pots are transported carefully to reduce the number of breakages.
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James Peckham, PC Magazine, 2 June 2025
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Glass is a human invention, and its breakage is inevitably associated with human violence or a human accident: a burglar’s incursion, a child’s wayward baseball, a pogrom.
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Based on a story by legendary casting director Joyce Selznick—developed nearly a decade after her death—Scissors gradually sheds its thriller skin to become something altogether stranger: a dream-logic chamber piece of dolls, doubles, and mental breakage.
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James Peckham, PC Magazine, 2 June 2025
Not just that, but your bonnet could also be causing your breakage and hair loss, which is why Muth founded her bonnet brand, Lina Lennox.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 23 May 2025
Glass is a human invention, and its breakage is inevitably associated with human violence or a human accident: a burglar’s incursion, a child’s wayward baseball, a pogrom.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
Based on a story by legendary casting director Joyce Selznick—developed nearly a decade after her death—Scissors gradually sheds its thriller skin to become something altogether stranger: a dream-logic chamber piece of dolls, doubles, and mental breakage.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for breakage
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“Breakage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breakage. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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breakage
noun
break·age
ˈbrā-kij 
1
a
: the action of breaking
b
: a quantity broken
2
: an allowance for things broken
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