How to Use breaker in a Sentence

breaker

noun
  • Put guests at ease with an ice breaker.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2025
  • But none of those are deal breakers in my book.
    — Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2026
  • And for me, that would be the deal-breaker.
    — Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Here's where spring breakers can go this year.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Not like a law breaker; more like a gremlin.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
  • That tool is a car window breaker.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But with 16, that's a straight-up record-breaker.
    — Linda Holmes, NPR, 22 Jan. 2026
  • For some daters, these red flags become deal breakers.
    — Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Rule-breakers are removed from the race.
    — Owen Clarke, Outside, 20 Jan. 2026
  • But the swelling goes down once the handle dries, so this is not a deal breaker.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Even so, 2027 is not a record-breaker.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 June 2026
  • The joke became a welcome ice breaker my first week on the job.
    — Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Concerned that the lack of padding might be a deal breaker?
    — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2026
  • Barrett has always been a rule breaker with a sixth sense for trends.
    — Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Could that be a deal breaker if someone wasn’t willing to move?
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Whether other wasp colonies are around is not always a deal breaker.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
  • Whether other wasp colonies are around is not always a deal breaker.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
  • This was pretty standard fare, as far as ice-breakers go.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • That won’t be a deal breaker, depending on your own plans.
    — PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But also very funny, and that tends to be the tie-breaker around here.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • Start by turning off the breaker to the bathroom.
    — Kendall Bettle, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2025
  • There wasn’t an inch of balcony spared from a sunburnt spring breaker.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Some spring breakers agree that the atmosphere is tamer.
    — Bri Buckley, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Water is catching up as the deal breaker.
    — Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Beachfront bars and dance clubs overflowed with spring breakers.
    — Claire Pedersen, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Bad luck and injuries have played their parts, but so has a lack of truly elite game-breakers.
    — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 3 May 2026
  • Control seems to be the crux of the matter; the red line, the deal-breaker in all of this.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • The refs didn't turn a short pitch-and-catch into a 63-yard back-breaker.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Adding a game breaker like Werenski would be one way to do that.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 28 June 2026
  • During her visit, Kate played a game as an ice breaker with the girls.
    — Town & Country, 17 May 2023

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