Citations:brake


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * I looked, and saw him open the book, and read therein; and, as he read, he wept, and trembled; and, not being able longer to contain, he brake out with a lamentable cry, saying, "What shall I do?" [Acts 2:37]
 * Now a little before it was day, good Christian, as one half amazed, brake out in passionate speech: What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking Dungeon, when I may as well walk at liberty.
 * To whom also Hopeful added this word, Be of good cheer, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole; and with that Christian brake out with a loud voice, Oh, I see him again!


 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * The wounded deer dragging its fainting limbs to some untrodden brake, there to gaze upon the arrow which had pierced it, and to die, was but a type of me.


 * December 3, 2014 — "Who's Liable in a Crash When a Vehicle Fails to Brake?" By Brett Snider, Esq.
 * Drivers may worry that if they failed to brake before colliding with another car, they will be responsible for the damages.