How to Use breakup in a Sentence

breakup

1 of 2 noun
  • 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
  • Price hikes are what led to the famous breakups of and .
    — Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Starks had a pass breakup on a deep ball in the fourth quarter.
    — Marc Weiszer, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2022
  • And then, of course, there was so much going on to do with the breakup.
    — Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 8 May 2024
  • But that’s not to say that the breakup has been easy for either of them.
    — Kristina Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022
  • 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 two sing their parts of the breakup song while fading into the wall print.
    — Sierra Porter, Billboard, 10 Nov. 2022
  • As time passed the pain from the breakup began to subside, but the eczema stuck around.
    — Kathryn Watson, SELF, 14 June 2022
  • 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
  • Now, three years later, the 2019 breakup has worked out for both sides.
    — Shane Young, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • 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
  • At the time, Reyes may have been upset due to a recent breakup.
    — Laura Barcella, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • This breakup scene is light on jokes, and nailing the tone was a challenge.
    — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • This time around, Henry has been more vocal about the breakup as well.
    — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 24 May 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
  • Honeywell provided some updates on the conference call about its wise breakup plans.
    — Jeff Marks,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Dolphins fit: Biggers possesses the ideal height, weight and length and can get his hands in passing lanes (seven pass breakups during his collegiate career).
    — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025

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
  • The other two people in the car got out and tried to break up the fight.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 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
  • Part of that is breaking up the big tech firms, which are too big.
    — Sean Illing, Vox, 1 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • All in all, do your best to break up with your toxic boss with grace and class.
    — Adunola Adeshola, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • And so people look for anything to break up that monotony.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • No need to break up with a partner over a TikTok trend… this time.
    — Aliza Pelto, Women's Health, 10 Sep. 2023
  • So, there is no need to break up the fun when your group gets a little peckish.
    — J.q. Louise, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • At one point, Legend tried to break up with the model, but Teigen wouldn't let him.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
  • This year, nobody figures to have a real chance to break up the trio.
    — oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2022
  • No one expects the prom king and queen of Paradise to break up, so the stakes are pretty low.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The first nine races are broken up into three rounds with three races apiece.
    — Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
  • When one couple break up, the trips don’t stop but the dynamics are off.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Stir in ground beef, breaking up meat with wooden spoon, and cook until no longer pink.
    — Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025

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