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How To Use Breaking and entering In A Sentence

  • BELLEVILLE, Ontario — A commander who was a rising star in Canada's military pleaded guilty Monday to the murders of two women, the sexual assaults of two others and dozens of breaking and entering charges in which he stole panties from the bedrooms of girls as young as 11. Russell Williams, Top Canadian Military Commander, Pleads Guilty To Murder, Sexual Assault
  • He was in the habit of doing crossword puzzles while casing premises prior to breaking and entering, and would always obligingly leave them behind for police to find.
  • Once the host's immune system has been disabled, the fungus or oomycete swiftly follows up, breaking and entering the cell and unleashing disease. THE MEDICAL NEWS
  • And, while it is a bit strange that he watches her sleep -- and in anormal situation that would be completely stalking, trespassing, breaking and entering, a whole host of other things, and she would definitely get a restraining order against him -- in this story, he does it to protect and watch over her. Tom Matlack: On the Prowl: Why grown women are the real audience for Twilight
  • Alan in Rhode Island said, "I cannot believe it when someone prefers the term undocumented workers over illegal aliens, perhaps if someone broke into their home, they would prefer the term, keyless entry over breaking and entering. CNN Transcript Feb 4, 2008
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  • Groceries in hand, I crossed the threshold and moved into the entering phase of breaking and entering.
  • Groceries in hand, I crossed the threshold and moved into the entering phase of breaking and entering.
  • Westlaw also manages to beat the OED on this one; “burglariously” is attested by the OED only as far back as 1807, but a quickie Westlaw search locates a 1792 North Carolina case reporting an indictment “for feloniously and burglariously breaking and entering into the dwelling house of one Rice.” The Volokh Conspiracy » Burglariously:
  • BURGLARY (_burgi latrocinium_; in ancient English law, _hamesucken_ [1]), at common law, the offence of breaking and entering the dwelling-house of another with intent to commit a felony. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
  • Schools chief reorganizes administration (11 comments) muworker: Perhaps someone can explain why these bailbond thugs weren't arrested for breaking and entering, assault with a deadly weapon and illegal restraint ... Columbiatribune.com stories
  • Yet I've never felt completely comfortable with the term unauthorized, probably because it sounds slightly nefarious, almost as if it involves breaking and entering. NPR Topics: News
  • Even after all these years I'm still not comfortable with the term unauthorized, because it sounds so nefarious, almost as if it involves breaking and entering, NYT > Home Page
  • Stone tries to be weepy and real, but she gets slimed by the movie's take on lovemaking, which is that all good sex begins with a breaking and entering. Someone To Watch Over You

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