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'break in' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'break in' with 13 example sentences.


break in verb

: enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

: break into a conversation

: start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role

: intrude on uninvited

: break so as to fall inward

: make submissive, obedient, or useful


  • A blood vessel broke in my eye.
  • He got his neck broken in the accident.
  • X rays are used to locate breaks in bones.
  • There was another big break in the case.
  • John broke in as Alice was speaking.
  • He broke in on our conversation.
  • I'm breaking in my new shoes.
  • There was a brief break in the discussion.
  • They broke in through the kitchen window.
  • I watched television during a break in my studies.
  • Are you going to break in?
  • They were weak and broken in spirit.
  • We didn't break in.
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