Below you will find example sentences with "breaks loose". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Breaks Loose in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 16
  • Discovered as a combination around: breaks
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 21.9 words

Words in this phrase

breaks loose

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • breaks can mean: plural of break Frequent word
  • loose can mean: To let loose, to free from restraints. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 5 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

all hell breaks loose 4× all mayhem breaks loose 2× a buffalo breaks loose and the 1× all chaos breaks loose when the 1× all hell breaks loose as danielle 1× all hell breaks loose in new 1× all hell breaks loose when charles 1× all hell breaks loose when people 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

all hell breaks 3× after a sheriff 1× all chaos breaks 1× as the trial 1× both brothers unable 1× butch breaks loose 1×

Common sentence endings:

hell breaks loose 3× mayhem breaks loose 2× ablaze the most 1× and kill it 1× combine their sports 1× his annual conference 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

hell 9× man 2× white 2× fires 2× life 2× mayhem 2× year 2× north 2× side 2× together 2× new 2× sheriff 1×

Related phrases

breaks down loose ball tax breaks loose women cut loose let loose loose puck take breaks

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around breaks:

breaks down 20× tax breaks 8× take breaks 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

breaks down breaking news breaking down breaking bad breakfast sandwiches breakfast sandwich

Just after it in the phrase index:

breast cancer breast screening breathing difficulties breeding grounds brent crude brexit deal

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

breaks down

Same ending:

cut loose let loose

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "breaks loose" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 21.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as all hell breaks loose, all mayhem breaks loose, hell, man and white stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with breaks down, loose ball, tax breaks, breaks down, tax breaks and take breaks, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with breaks loose

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

All hell breaks loose. (4 words)

Butch breaks loose and knocks out the gimp. (8 words)

The neighbours complain, the landlord gets miffed, and all hell breaks loose. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Quite possibly the craziest thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life on a purely visceral level, this weird, strange film from India follows a village slowly disintegrating after a buffalo breaks loose, and the men band together to try and kill it. (44 words)

With the big man gone, all hell breaks loose in New York as rival gangs rise to replace him, sinister forces move against the corrupt mayor and the streets approach a state of martial law. (35 words)

All hell breaks loose as Danielle is pushed to the edge trying to put out everyone else’s fires, although it is perhaps her life that is currently ablaze the most. (31 words)

Exclamation examples

Butcher sweeps Mark’s legs from the ropes as all Hell breaks loose! (13 words)

Example sentences (16)

After a Sheriff brings an injured man to the hospital, all hell breaks loose when people in white robes begin surrounding the building.

All hell breaks loose.

All hell breaks loose as Danielle is pushed to the edge trying to put out everyone else’s fires, although it is perhaps her life that is currently ablaze the most.

As the trial begins, the prosecutor, Councilor Apap is killed by an assassin and all mayhem breaks loose.

Instead, the movie spends a good chunk of its runtime showing how strangers can support each other when all hell breaks loose.

All chaos breaks loose when the athletes realize how vastly hard it is to combine their sports.

All hell breaks loose when Charles Nichols, who works at Harvard, invites a contentious white nationalist to his annual conference.

Butcher sweeps Mark’s legs from the ropes as all Hell breaks loose!

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Each year, Mannston Street floods when the water from the north side of town breaks loose, and this year was no exception.

Quite possibly the craziest thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life on a purely visceral level, this weird, strange film from India follows a village slowly disintegrating after a buffalo breaks loose, and the men band together to try and kill it.

The neighbours complain, the landlord gets miffed, and all hell breaks loose.

All hell breaks loose when they both find themselves under their mother’s roof at the same time … and Mom’s away.

Both brothers unable to be separated soon end up together on the riviera of the North, but as Omar discovers his new orthodox Muslim family all mayhem breaks loose.

Leavy turns it over and when the ball breaks loose on the far side, Aki powers through and fires it right for Earls to streak home and into the corner.

With the big man gone, all hell breaks loose in New York as rival gangs rise to replace him, sinister forces move against the corrupt mayor and the streets approach a state of martial law.

Butch breaks loose and knocks out the gimp.

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