How to Use breakup in a Sentence

breakup

1 of 2 noun
  • She's just gone through a bad breakup with her boyfriend.
  • What caused the breakup of the Roman Empire?
  • He began drinking heavily following the breakup of his marriage.
  • Money problems often lead to marital breakups.
  • For his part, Bryan hasn’t let the breakup slow him down either.
    Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • On defense, Hunter finished with seven total tackles and had two pass breakups that were near-interceptions.
    David Ubben, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
  • And then, of course, there was so much going on to do with the breakup.
    Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 8 May 2024
  • That way the fans would never have to deal with any kind of breakup.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The Saints came into the game with a good pass defense and more breakups than any team in the NFL.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • To say the breakup knocked me over the head was an understatement.
    Michelle Ingram-Delong, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • The rules of the last 40 years lead to the breakup of AT&T and the prosecution of Microsoft.
    Timothy J. Muris, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Page Six was first to report the breakup and Bell's treatment.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Stone and Garfield have remained close friends since their breakup.
    Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Some of them overlapped, and there were breakups and makeups.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In that sense, there was nothing tragic or even sad about the breakup of Wham!
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 July 2023
  • Morrone turned 25 in June while DiCaprio was 47 years old at the time of their breakup.
    Whitney Perry, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2022
  • That union ended in divorce 15 years later, the details of the breakup strewn across the tabloids.
    Adam Nagourney, New York Times, 21 May 2024
  • The government even has the right to ask for a breakup of the Silicon Valley icon.
    Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • One thing that happened during the awakening of the late '60s and '70s was the breakup of the family.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 16 July 2023
  • Chambers herself has found love again in the wake of her breakup with Hammer.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
  • Amos posted a team-high eight pass breakups last fall and entered the portal on April 30.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 9 May 2023
  • Then my breakup [with Cuomo] happened, which was a huge thing.
    Erin Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
  • After an at-the-altar breakup, the two attempted to date, but that didn’t work out.
    Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The breakup came as a shock to fans since from the outside in, the two seemed to be in a good place raising their son together.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Porter, a fourth-year junior, made 11 tackles and had two tackles for loss and a pass breakup.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Everybody went through my breakup [with Cassie Randolph] and the ups and downs of my dating life.
    Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
  • Looking back, what were some of the red flags Tran noted ahead of her breakup with ex-fiancé Devin Strader?
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Back in the studio, Marcus is watching the breakup unfold all over again.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Maybe try sitting with the discomfort of this being a bad breakup.
    Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • Conflicts and group breakups may follow when one or more of them succeed.
    Barry Mazor, WSJ, 4 July 2023
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break up

2 of 2 verb
  • Pro tip: break up the trip and stop at Sleeping Bear Dunes along the way.
    Andrea Reeves, The Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The long nozzle helps to get in between each braid or cornrow to break up the gunk that forms at the root of your hair.
    Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Bystanders tried to break up the fight, pushing the men away and giving Zulu the chance to get off the ground.
    Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Overhead, a large rattan pendant light helps break up the otherwise neutral walls.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The company’s records were broken up in the late seventies and scattered.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • South Alabama could not cash in either takeaway, but went to the break up by double-digits.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 24 Sep. 2022
  • This is largely due to their habitats being broken up and increased human presence.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Blend hardwood elements and subway tile to break up the green color scheme without overwhelming.
    Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Woolite's Instaclean stain remover contains ingredients to penetrate and break up stains on contact.
    Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Through tonight: Clouds will thin out and break up through the night.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • In the first video, the fight begins to break up as a Black bystander joins in.
    Jeremy Gray | , al, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Whisk in the almond flour or meal and break up any clumps.
    Mila Clarke Buckley, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • For the next week, the Ohio drifted, waiting for a storm to break up and move the ice.
    David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Police said the victim walked out of the bar to break up a fight.
    David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The laser breaks up the tattoo ink, which prompts the immune system to take the ink from the skin.
    Brendan Camp, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Aim to stay in the bath or shower with the door closed for 10 to 15 minutes to break up your boogers.
    Alexis Berger, SELF, 15 Apr. 2024
  • There was that question: Why did the band break up at the height of their powers?
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Hamilton's hit to Moore in the third quarter broke up the pass.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Add beef and break up with the back of a spoon until browned, about 6 minutes.
    Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The bridge was such a closing chapter to write post break up.
    Spin Contributor, SPIN, 16 July 2024
  • Did the group thinking about breaking up at that point?
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The video showed Guetschow trying to break up a fight between two girls.
    CBS News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • No need to break up with a partner over a TikTok trend… this time.
    Aliza Pelto, Women's Health, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The duo finished in fourth and broke up by December of that year.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The first nine races are broken up into three rounds with three races apiece.
    Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Christine had been killed, and Stephen and Judy Collins had broken up.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Rough-and-tumble rivals slow games down and break up play.
    Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
  • No need to limit it to one; a few sweet and fruity options break up the salty savory train.
    Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Trees break up the steps of pulling the water from vessel to vessel so each step is smaller than the whole.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The East Coast is also less broken up by fault lines, which could interrupt seismic waves, than the West Coast is.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024

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