Sentence examples for a breakthrough were from inspiring English sources

But hopes of a breakthrough were fading even before the ministers sat round the table.

But hopes of a breakthrough were sparked last June when Donald Trump met Kim Jong-un for a historic summit meeting in Singapore.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau announced revealed hopes of a breakthrough were raised when a sonar search discovered a man-made object on the seabed.

Hopes for a breakthrough were high tonight in Belfast and in London, Dublin and Washington -- the three capitals that have overseen the stop-start progress of the peace settlement since it was signed in April 1998.

With Mr. Clinton having less than three weeks left in office to forge a complex accord and with new bursts of violence in the Mideast, expectations of a breakthrough were low.

But private glimmers of a breakthrough were evident by late Saturday, as moderate Democrats and Republicans began to rally behind a new short-term funding proposal to reopen the government through early February.

And a "breakthrough" isn't always necessary.

But the odds of a breakthrough are slim.

Officials in Brussels were briefing that a breakthrough was close.

"I personally feel that a breakthrough is coming," he said.

But a breakthrough is still needed: over to Ronan.