How to Use breakup in a Sentence

breakup

1 of 2 noun
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  • She's just gone through a bad breakup with her boyfriend.
  • What caused the breakup of the Roman Empire?
  • He began drinking heavily following the breakup of his marriage.
  • Money problems often lead to marital breakups.
  • There are the classics: The deaths, the cliffhangers, the breakups, etc.
    — EW.com, 4 Dec. 2024
  • And then, of course, there was so much going on to do with the breakup.
    — Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 8 May 2024
  • That way the fans would never have to deal with any kind of breakup.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The group’s breakup was, in part, due to Yarrow’s actions with a 14-year-old girl.
    — Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The Saints came into the game with a good pass defense and more breakups than any team in the NFL.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • For his part, Bryan hasn’t let the breakup slow him down either.
    — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • To say the breakup knocked me over the head was an understatement.
    — Michelle Ingram-Delong, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • The rules of the last 40 years lead to the breakup of AT&T and the prosecution of Microsoft.
    — Timothy J. Muris, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Page Six was first to report the breakup and Bell's treatment.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Stone and Garfield have remained close friends since their breakup.
    — Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Some of them overlapped, and there were breakups and makeups.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In that sense, there was nothing tragic or even sad about the breakup of Wham!
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 July 2023
  • Morrone turned 25 in June while DiCaprio was 47 years old at the time of their breakup.
    — Whitney Perry, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The whiffed tackle came on the Ole Miss drive that ended with his pass breakup on fourth down.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 14 Nov. 2022
  • That union ended in divorce 15 years later, the details of the breakup strewn across the tabloids.
    — Adam Nagourney, New York Times, 21 May 2024
  • The government even has the right to ask for a breakup of the Silicon Valley icon.
    — Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • One thing that happened during the awakening of the late '60s and '70s was the breakup of the family.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 16 July 2023
  • Chambers herself has found love again in the wake of her breakup with Hammer.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
  • Amos posted a team-high eight pass breakups last fall and entered the portal on April 30.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 9 May 2023
  • Then my breakup [with Cuomo] happened, which was a huge thing.
    — Erin Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
  • After an at-the-altar breakup, the two attempted to date, but that didn’t work out.
    — Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The breakup came as a shock to fans since from the outside in, the two seemed to be in a good place raising their son together.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Porter, a fourth-year junior, made 11 tackles and had two tackles for loss and a pass breakup.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Everybody went through my breakup [with Cassie Randolph] and the ups and downs of my dating life.
    — Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
  • Looking back, what were some of the red flags Tran noted ahead of her breakup with ex-fiancé Devin Strader?
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Guys such as fifth-round rookie cornerback Josh Newton, who rebounded from a rough moment on an early deep ball with a third-down pass breakup and knocking down a deep pass during a critical juncture of the fourth quarter.
    — Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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break up

2 of 2 verb
  • Through tonight: Clouds will thin out and break up through the night.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • In the first video, the fight begins to break up as a Black bystander joins in.
    — Jeremy Gray | , al, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Whisk in the almond flour or meal and break up any clumps.
    — Mila Clarke Buckley, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • For the next week, the Ohio drifted, waiting for a storm to break up and move the ice.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Police said the victim walked out of the bar to break up a fight.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Pro tip: break up the trip and stop at Sleeping Bear Dunes along the way.
    — Andrea Reeves, The Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Hill launched a three-run home run in the top of the fifth to break up the tension and put ASU ahead 3-1.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 29 May 2022
  • The laser breaks up the tattoo ink, which prompts the immune system to take the ink from the skin.
    — Brendan Camp, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Aim to stay in the bath or shower with the door closed for 10 to 15 minutes to break up your boogers.
    — Alexis Berger, SELF, 15 Apr. 2024
  • There was that question: Why did the band break up at the height of their powers?
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Hamilton's hit to Moore in the third quarter broke up the pass.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Add beef and break up with the back of a spoon until browned, about 6 minutes.
    — Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The bridge was such a closing chapter to write post break up.
    — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 16 July 2024
  • Did the group thinking about breaking up at that point?
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The video showed Guetschow trying to break up a fight between two girls.
    — CBS News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • No need to break up with a partner over a TikTok trend… this time.
    — Aliza Pelto, Women's Health, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Bystanders tried to break up the fight, pushing the men away and giving Zulu the chance to get off the ground.
    — Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The duo finished in fourth and broke up by December of that year.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Make arrangements to move out and break up with this guy.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
  • This year, nobody figures to have a real chance to break up the trio.
    — oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The first nine races are broken up into three rounds with three races apiece.
    — Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Christine had been killed, and Stephen and Judy Collins had broken up.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The long nozzle helps to get in between each braid or cornrow to break up the gunk that forms at the root of your hair.
    — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Rough-and-tumble rivals slow games down and break up play.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
  • No need to limit it to one; a few sweet and fruity options break up the salty savory train.
    — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Prison guards broke up the fight about 5:05 p.m and took Campbell to receive treatment.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The pair would break up in 2004 only to reunite decades later.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Jokic broke up a pick-and-roll and fed it ahead for a Gordon highlight.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2024
  • To break up all of the black and red, do as Aguilera did and top your lids with glitter eye shadow.
    — Taylor Lane, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
  • At least once during the drying cycle, stop the dryer and massage the coat with your hands to help break up any clumps.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025

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