Example sentences for: breakup

How can you use “breakup” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But the newest and most radical trends in Serbian sweep through the fast-spoken slang of Serbia's first generation of youngsters--those who have come of age since the breakup of the former Yugoslavia.

  • The act permits the Baby Bells to offer long-distance service--something the AT&T breakup decree had forbidden--but only after they have taken 14 specific steps to open up their own local phone markets.

  • Despite such auspicious beginnings, it had a short life; the palace was razed with the breakup of the Caliphate of Córdoba in the very early 11th century.

  • Please note the important distinction between listening to rock 'n' roll music (Chatterbox, born in 1958, was listening to the Beatles well before he was 9) and buying rock 'n' roll records (Chatterbox didn't buy his first record--LP or single--until long after the Beatles' 1970 breakup).

  • No matter the particular outcome, the NYT sees the dealing as indicative of the telecommunications industry's trend towards increasing consolidation, noting that a combined GTE-MCI would be the first company since the breakup of AT&T to have a large presence in both local and long-distance markets.


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