break continuity

Frequency: 6.75.4 per million words

To interrupt or put an end to continuity.

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Examples (10)

  • The author deliberately breaks the narrative continuity to confound the reader's expectations.
  • A sudden change in leadership threatens to break the continuity of the project.
  • The editor's mistake completely broke the scene's emotional continuity.
  • The revolution broke the historical continuity that had lasted for centuries.
  • Any network outage will break the continuity of the data stream, causing data loss.
  • Frequent staff turnover can break the continuity of patient care in a hospital.
  • He was careful not to break the continuity of the musical performance with a misplaced note.
  • Changing the software platform might break the workflow continuity for our team.
  • The new law risks breaking the continuity of legal precedent.
  • To create a surreal effect, the film director often breaks the spatial continuity between shots.