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Meanings of breaking from in English

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Usage of breaking from in English
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It is ice breaking from the glaciers and falling into the sea.
The Alaskan
2
All of which suggests there are advantages to breaking from the norm.
BBC
3
What does this mean? the question breaking from him with savage authority.
The Shuttle
4
There would be waves breaking from the wind speed, he said.
News.com.au
5
The dogs, too, breaking from the cover, came in pursuit, and assisted us.
In the Wilds of Africa
6
The speed of United in breaking from defence caught us out.
The Guardian
7
Riding after them, breaking from the wood on every side, came the Hunt.
Gone to Earth
8
The monks, breaking from their conversations, were all moving towards him.
The buried giant
9
But children know nothing of that breaking from prison which is called suicide.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
10
Then an infuriated bull, breaking from the bushes, charged fiercely down upon him.
The Frontiersmen
11
Her mother hastened to explain, smiles breaking from every inch of her person.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
12
With a flush of annoyance he spoke, and breaking from Helen, passed on.
The Day of the Beast
13
Some young young men, breaking from a street near by, began to sing.
Indian Summer
14
We were on a shoal, and the sea was breaking from the bottom!
Voyage of the Liberdade
15
The very sun of peace and joy seemed breaking from the countenance of Isaac.
Aurelian; or, Rome in the Third Century
16
It was the roar of the Arve and Aveiron, breaking from their icy fountains.
Hyperion
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common