elastic breaks
Frequency: 6.07.5 per million words
When the elastic material tears or severs.
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Examples (10)
- Be careful, because the old elastic in these shorts often breaks.
- The elastic on my face mask broke right before I entered the store.
- I think the elastic has finally broken in my favorite pair of trousers.
- If you stretch it too much, the elastic will definitely break.
- I would have worn this skirt, but the elastic broke this morning.
- After the elastic broke, all the papers fell out of the folder.
- The elastic in the waistband of my pajamas broke while I was sleeping.
- During his workout, the resistance band's elastic suddenly broke.
- The thin, frayed elastic is about to break.
- Did the elastic break because it was old, or did you pull it too hard?