Sentence examples for shelf broke from inspiring English sources

When the Arctic's most massive ice shelf broke up in 2002, pulling the plug on a huge ice-dammed lake, it renewed concerns over global climate change.

On August 13 , 2005 the Ayles Ice Shelf broke free from the north coast of Ellesmere Island.

The avalanche -- a shelf of snow 100 yards wide that broke loose and rumbled down 500 yards -- struck shortly before 1 p.m. on the northeast slope of Wright Peak, a 4,580-foot 4,580-footine mountainuth of Lake Placid.

(I recently heard a writer tell a story about how when he was young and broke, he would steal books, read them carefully, and then sneak them back onto the shelves at the store — not stealing, precisely, but still illegal).

"Broke Britannia!

Feeling broke?

Something broke.

Broke it.

"Broke what?" "Broke what breaks".

"Completely broke".

Nothing broke.