How to Use break free in a Sentence

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• At some point, Brown managed to break free and run from the apartment, according to the affidavit.
  — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 23 July 2026
• Contreras eventually broke free from the sea of players trying to hold him back, reigniting the chaos.
  — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
• When Mars joins forces with Uranus, there is a greater need and desire to move, communicate and break free from the status quo.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
• To break free, a robot first had to move farther from the exit, and a system rewarded only for getting closer reads that as failure.
  — Sophie Ren, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• Mexico was struggling to adjust to new spacing and speedy Anthony Gordon broke free near the box.
  — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
• For e-commerce brands trapped in bad logistics partnerships, breaking free can feel almost impossible.
  — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 July 2026
• Greek authorities arrested a cruise captain after a passenger fell into the water when the ship broke free from its moorings.
  — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 2 July 2026
• But Canada and Japan are only two countries in a world seeking to form similar alliances to break free from China.
  — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
• But the night ended in a barrage of bullets after Hicks broke free from Smith and Harris, who had pinned her to the ground, according to the document.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
• Porro broke free for the second goal and received a pass back from Olmo, who got the touch just before getting knocked off his feet by defender Dayot Upamecano.
  — ABC News, 14 July 2026
• In a move to break free from China, Canada and Japan are considering joint stockpiling of critical minerals such as graphite and gallium.
  — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
• For the second goal, Porro broke free and received a pass back from Olmo, who got the touch just before getting knocked off his feet by defender Dayot Upamecano.
  — Stephen Hawkins, AJC.com, 14 July 2026
• An OpenAI agent broke free of constraints and hacked into another AI startup during a security test.
  — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 22 July 2026
• Soon after Young’s interception — the next 11-on-11 series, in fact — the fourth-year quarterback saw rookie wideout Chris Brazzell break free from Lee on a deep route and haul in a deep touchdown catch.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
• Preserving slave ownership, along with resisting political overreach from Mexico City, were principal reasons that the Mexican state of Texas fought to break free of Mexico.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
• Defensively, Martinez can point to just one goal conceded across Portugal’s three group games, but there were warning signs from their World Cup opener as DR Congo managed to break free on the counter-attack.
  — Mark Carey, New York Times, 2 July 2026