How to Use break into in a Sentence
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Dëmin stole a pass, broke into the open floor and threw down a windmill.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026
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At one of the shoots, someone broke into her car and stole her equipment.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 21 July 2026
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Click here to read our story on how to break into the industry.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 July 2026
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Stroman said the dogs broke into her fenced yard and started chasing the emu.
—Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
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Occhicone shot and killed Artzner and then broke into the home.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
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The two even broke into an adorable engraving dance to the live band waiting for the work to be done.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
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Her dreams of breaking into the industry grew out of her dad’s passion for movies.
—Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
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Mack later tried to claim that armed men had broken into their room and kidnapped her mother.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
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Now, mud and debris cover the road, and the asphalt is cracked and broken into pieces.
—Christina Fan, CBS News, 29 July 2026
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The congregation intoned their amen and broke into a loose, milling group.
—J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
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Last year, someone broke into the business and stole a register.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
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On many of the songs, Beck broke into a falsetto that was a direct homage to Prince.
—Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
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The agitating action of a washer can cause the foam to break into pieces.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 17 Feb. 2026
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The fragile rock broke into several pieces, the researchers said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 July 2026
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Claude was told to break into a machine on the network and retrieve a secret, with no method prescribed.
—Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
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This is not the first time the NFL has sought to break into Europe.
—Sam Birchall, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
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Apparently, some guy tried to break into our room, but our massive guard cat attacked.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
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But despite what many people think, O’Herrin says tree roots cannot break into pipes with brute strength.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2026
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The crowd then broke into huge cheers as the siblings appeared emotional onstage.
—Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
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That night, the Alturas city pound was broken into and two of Ehmen’s dogs went missing.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2026
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Rather than breaking into pieces, the caldera floor maintained its shape as a whole, largely without bending.
—Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
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All but one of those tracks have broken into the top 10, though only one has conquered the ranking.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
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After one of the beasts breaks into their home, we are given three crucial pieces of information.
—Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
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Suppose a teenager visiting a zoo breaks into a lion’s cage and sticks his head into the beast’s mouth.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2026
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Could a small device hidden beneath your dashboard make your car easier to break into?
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
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Fans broke into song and some were moved to tears as Argentina passed to the Round of 16.
—Delia Sauer, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
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One person in the Brunson orbit who hasn’t quite been able to break into the game of golf is Jalen’s mom.
—Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
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One day, an eleven-year-old Jones and some friends broke into the neighborhood rec center to feast on soda and ice cream.
—Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026
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Her face is painted smoothly, almost inert, while the water around her breaks into choppy strokes.
—Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
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This time he was charged with felonies for allegedly breaking into two Orinda homes in April.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
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