Sentence examples for break off chunks from inspiring English sources

Despite his formidable physique, he could only break off chunks of concrete.

In her new book, "The Selfishness of Others," subtitled "An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism," Kristin Dombek destabilizes that contemporary commonplace, breaking off chunks from the inside.

In 1896, William McKinley delivered hundreds of speeches from his front porch in Canton, Ohio, while visitors broke off chunks of his fence for souvenirs.

As the shuttle was launched and accelerated, the theory went, the liquid was boiled back into a gas, expanding and breaking off chunks of foam.

Men are not exempt, either: who can forget Yorkie's 2002 campaign where the brand positioned itself as "not for girls," complete with images of hunky truckers manfully breaking off chunks supposedly too large for the delicate female mouth.

Another added: "I saw the destruction of the Babylon ruins -- people breaking off chunks to bring home; joyriding up walls.

They would be breaking off chunks of the NYSE, with the Nasdaq taking the stock listing business, and the ICE taking the derivatives business.

When that happens and the water later freezes, the pressure exerted by the expanding water can open the crack wide enough for the concrete to split or break off in chunks.

Cutting off too much would cause the soap to break off into chunks.

Or to break off.

4.5bn years ago The Earth gets its moon (according to the "big splash" hypothesis) when an asteroid the size of Mars breaks off a chunk of our planet.