water breaks

idiom

—used to describe what happens when fluid suddenly comes from a pregnant woman's body because her baby will be born soon

Her water broke early.

Examples of water breaks in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Florida’s House Bill 433 went into effect in July, prohibiting local governments from mandating businesses provide heat protections for outdoor workers such as water breaks and shade. —

Nic F. Anderson, CNN, 11 Aug. 2024 Events can be held earlier in the day, and rules can be changed to shorten matches or include more water breaks. —

Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024 Major sport federations and leagues, as well as the Olympics, have responded to the risks by delaying competitions to cooler times of day or year, implementing water breaks and offering more player substitutions. —

Brian P. McCullough, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2024 If your water breaks before labor starts, it's called premature rupture of membranes (PROM).1 Most commonly, water breaks at the onset or at some point during labor. —

Robin Elise Weiss, Phd, Parents, 1 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for water breaks

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