Sentence examples for a break with custom from inspiring English sources

Last week, in a break with custom, Governor Cuomo and Governor Christie did not attend the foundation's annual fund-raising dinner at Cipriani Wall Street, where the comedian Stephen Colbert was the host.

In a break with recent custom, England has no official anthem for the World Cup.

The coffin of a woman killed by a mob in Kabul who accused her of burning the Koran - apparently falsely - is carried by women at her funeral, marking a break with Afghan custom.

Second, he asserted that certain precepts of the Mosaic Law were related to specific historical situations and to the need to avoid too sharp a break with popular customs and practices for instance, the commandments concerning sacrifice.

That they continue to stage shows alongside their administrative duties is a break with Covent Garden custom, and one few administrators have managed.

The hiring of Chambers is a break with the Nordiques' custom of hiring French-speaking head coaches and management personnel.

The effort was aimed at building on momentum from the inaugural "Wear Pants to Church" day a year ago and marked a break with deeply ingrained customs for women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a religion known for itSaintsiareligionructure.

While the novels observe some conventions of the crime genre — mysteries are fashioned, and head feints keep readers on their toes — as a whole they often break with custom.

Going beyond this label, many observers have described Shah Jehan Begum's period as one of "Islamization". In 1871, she made a radical second marriage, a break with respectability and family custom - which she justified as Islamic.

The nominee's name is submitted to those senators, as a formal courtesy, but they could break with custom and block it if they choose.

Taking a break with music or singing.