Sentence examples for fear of breaking something from inspiring English sources

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The sound of much reviewing nowadays is the sound of one hand clapping -- of literature gently patting its own back, sometimes in praise and sometimes in reproach, for fear of breaking something.

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The feeling of breaking something open".

"I become untouchable, an object of pity and disgust, a mess that no one wants to clean up, or something fragile that no one wants to hold for fear of breaking it," she said.

No one has told them, for fear of breaking their spirit.

Another 46% stated that developers refrained from changing cross-language links for fear of breaking code.

60 respondents (46%) admitted to refraining from changing cross-language identifiers at all for fear of breaking the system.

Like the fear of breaking a bone, or falling down, or getting caught in the rain.

It broke something inside of me, something that is irreparable.

If you accidentally spill something or break something, think up reasonable and acceptable excuses of why you spilt/broke something.

"Unfortunately, he broke something".

Or break something.

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