How to Use catch a break in a Sentence

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• This team cannot catch a break.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
• Some girls just can’t catch a break.
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2025
• Punch the monkey can't catch a break.
  — Greta Cross, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
• Can’t this woman catch a break?
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026
• Chicago caught a break at the end of the game.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
• Want to splurge on a gift for women or men who rarely catch a break?
  — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 20 Sep. 2024
• But, of course, the couple of three and a half years couldn't catch a break.
  — Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
• Poor Jack and Mel don’t seem to be able to catch a break.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
• Even some of the big cities in the Northeast may catch a break.
  — Allison Chinchar and Jennifer Gray, CNN, 20 Oct. 2022
• But at long last, the Chiefs have caught a break in the schedule.
  — Sam McDowell 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025
• Emerging market stocks couldn’t catch a break the past four years.
  — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 19 May 2025
• The fourth-largest city in the nation can’t catch a break weather-wise.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
• San Francisco could not catch a break for the rest of the game.
  — Jenna Reyes, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Jan. 2023
• Heard also lost because her legal team could not catch a break.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 2 June 2022
• But the truth is, the Nuggets caught a break that postseason.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
• Harry Styles can’t seem to catch a break during his live shows.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 16 Nov. 2022
• Tarik Cohen just can't catch a break with injuries these days.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022
• Even decades later, Ace of Cups still can’t quite catch a break.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2022
• Somalia is one of those countries that just can’t catch a break.
  — Robert W. Laird, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
• For years, the Patriots couldn’t catch a break.
  — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
• Sometimes, even a Marvel hero can't catch a break.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Jan. 2026
• Novo Nordisk isn’t catching a break this year.
  — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
• Still, because this is Pachinko, my guy Noa cannot catch a break.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
• Diane Warren can’t catch a break.
  — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
• Drake just can’t seem to catch a break when Kendrick Lamar is in the picture.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
• Guy, the blues stalwart who couldn’t catch a break for a long time, has outlasted them all.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2025
• The Indiana Fever just can't seem to catch a break.
  — Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
• However, the northern part of the state could catch a break of sorts today.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 8 Aug. 2023
• During the second half of the workweek, the South should catch a break.
  — Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
• The heat is still on across Alabama today, but some places could catch a break.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 25 June 2022