Examples of break the news in a Sentence
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Soon afterward, Iris said, an officer took him aside to break the news.
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Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2024
The actors gets candid with PEOPLE about how sons Julian, 14, and Adrian, 12, have managed their dad's disease
Aaron Lazar had no idea how to break the news to his two sons that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
Kelly had to break the news that the Führer’s own officers tried, on several occasions, to disloyally assassinate him.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
The Hollywood Reporter was the first to break the news, at which time DeMayo, who's been active on social media promoting the sequel to X-Men: The Animated Series, deleted his Instagram page.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
Whelan flatlined, and Reyes had to break the news to Jet and the rest of the team.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
The day that happened, Monica Lozano went to her dad to break the news, expecting to hear his disappointment.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
At the Cage, a dive bar and pool hall in Lewiston, the handful of patrons leaped from their seats as a local television station interrupted a sports broadcast to break the news that Card’s body had been discovered.
—Tom Bell, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
Advertisement Maine state police arrived at around 1 p.m. Thursday to break the news of Aaron’s and Bill’s deaths to the Young family.
—Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2024
The actors gets candid with PEOPLE about how sons Julian, 14, and Adrian, 12, have managed their dad's disease
Aaron Lazar had no idea how to break the news to his two sons that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
Kelly had to break the news that the Führer’s own officers tried, on several occasions, to disloyally assassinate him.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
The Hollywood Reporter was the first to break the news, at which time DeMayo, who's been active on social media promoting the sequel to X-Men: The Animated Series, deleted his Instagram page.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
Whelan flatlined, and Reyes had to break the news to Jet and the rest of the team.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
The day that happened, Monica Lozano went to her dad to break the news, expecting to hear his disappointment.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
At the Cage, a dive bar and pool hall in Lewiston, the handful of patrons leaped from their seats as a local television station interrupted a sports broadcast to break the news that Card’s body had been discovered.
—Tom Bell, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
Advertisement Maine state police arrived at around 1 p.m. Thursday to break the news of Aaron’s and Bill’s deaths to the Young family.
—Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
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