Sentence examples for break the cable from inspiring English sources

A few players have tried to break the cable box's hold on the living room.

"The one thing you don't get if you break the cable is your local sports coverage," Packard says, explaining how attractive the sports market is as providers try to stop users from leaving TV for online services like Hulu.

Take a look at this shopping list, and see if you've got enough here to break the cable habit and move to an 'on-demand' subscription world.

If your ride has a shifter on the column and the shift indicator is mechanical, you will need to make sure you don't break the cable as you lower the column.

To clear the way, Ellet placed a large rake that protruded 45 feet from the bow of one of his rams and used it to break the cables holding the torpedoes to the bottom.

The collision with the 2,200-metre 2,200-metre on Sunday broke the cable between the sonar vehicle, known as a towfish, and the Fugro Discovery search vessel.

Early in the trip, Spotz broke the cable that allowed her to steer with her foot as she rowed, forcing her to use a cumbersome hand steering system.

Drift — as the big logs are called that unremittingly come down the river — amassed against the anchoring cables until enough had gathered to heave high and start breaking the cables.

While under tow by the tug Rowland and another at her side out of Portsmouth on 23 October 1903, Neptune broke the cables connecting her to the tugs in a storm.

I can't stand it/I know you planned it… Well, it seems ships didn't break the network cable links to Egypt — now they're suspecting submarines.

In a crisis, I wanted Ahmed to go and break up the cable, and force them up in the air" — that is, force communications to be broadcast by radio signals.