How to Use break into in a Sentence

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  • Dëmin stole a pass, broke into the open floor and threw down a windmill.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026
  • At one of the shoots, someone broke into her car and stole her equipment.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 21 July 2026
  • Click here to read our story on how to break into the industry.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • Occhicone shot and killed Artzner and then broke into the home.
    — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • Her dreams of breaking into the industry grew out of her dad’s passion for movies.
    — Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
  • Now, mud and debris cover the road, and the asphalt is cracked and broken into pieces.
    — Christina Fan, CBS News, 29 July 2026
  • Last year, someone broke into the business and stole a register.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The fragile rock broke into several pieces, the researchers said.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 July 2026
  • Claude was told to break into a machine on the network and retrieve a secret, with no method prescribed.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • This is not the first time the NFL has sought to break into Europe.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Apparently, some guy tried to break into our room, but our massive guard cat attacked.
    — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
  • But despite what many people think, O’Herrin says tree roots cannot break into pipes with brute strength.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The crowd then broke into huge cheers as the siblings appeared emotional onstage.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • All but one of those tracks have broken into the top 10, though only one has conquered the ranking.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Could a small device hidden beneath your dashboard make your car easier to break into?
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • Fans broke into song and some were moved to tears as Argentina passed to the Round of 16.
    — Delia Sauer, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • One day, an eleven-year-old Jones and some friends broke into the neighborhood rec center to feast on soda and ice cream.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026
  • Her face is painted smoothly, almost inert, while the water around her breaks into choppy strokes.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Ohio broke into the top five in CNBC's rankings for the first time last year.
    — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 9 July 2026
  • The model that broke into a company from inside an authorized test.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Text is broken into words, sub-words and characters; images into grid-like patches.
    — Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026
  • Bad is one of two sets by Jackson that have missed out on breaking into the top 10 by only a few spaces.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Workers found the cases broken into and the items, detailed in photos, missing.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Does the person have advice on breaking into the industry or company?
    — Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 8 July 2026
  • Of that enormous sum, 43 releases have broken into the top 10.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Lin had originally purchased a smart doorbell camera after her car was broken into in front of her apartment.
    — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Several years ago, my company was working to break into the snack food category.
    — C200, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In his second season and his first summer league, Thiero wants to break into the rotation for the new-look Lakers.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • Museum staff and British and French diplomats who had been watching in hushed silence broke into applause.
    — ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • But the Texas Stock Exchange has an uphill battle to break into this part of Wall Street.
    — Maria Aspan, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

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