How to Use branch off in a Sentence

branch off

phrasal verb
Definition of branch offnext
  • From this large open area, the home branches off in two wings.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2024
  • But in the cownose ray, the more complex system ran the length of the tail and branched off to connect to pores in the fish’s skin.
    — Jack Tamisiea, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Other, smaller trails branch off as the series of 11 switchbacks climbs the face of the cliff.
    — oregonlive, 8 May 2023
  • The burn travels to your chest and then branches off sideways.
    — Megan Farrer, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The branch of the tree which led to bears, dogs, and seals emerged tens of millions of years ago; primates branched off the tree many millions of years after that.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • Remove them, if possible, or crush them, or prune the branch off below where the egg mass is found.
    — Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024
  • The rooms The camp has just nine tents branching off a stilted wooden walkway with plenty of space in between.
    — Chris Schalkx, AFAR Media, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Several paths branch off from the main hike into nearby trails.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
  • Ctenophores are thought to be the first lineage that branched off from the common ancestor of all other animals.
    — Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Several other tombs branch off the same rock-cut patio.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Sasha finished five side-by-side squares before branching off them to other areas to reduce the time spent waiting for the paint to dry.
    — Jody Garlock, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The center of its body is white and slug-like with skinny yellow tentacles branching off.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
  • If ctenophores branched off before sponges in the tree of life, that suggests one of two scenarios for neuron evolution.
    — Cara Giovanetti, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2024
  • About 130 million years ago, opposite birds branched off from modern birds.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Its galleries branch off from the canyon-like atrium, accessible by bridges and visible through gaping holes that evoke the mouths of caves.
    — Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2023
  • The truck gathering will branch off and hold rallies in Arizona, California and Texas, the press release said.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The Khoisan bushmen of southern Africa, for example, have genes that branched off from all other human lineages long ago.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2010
  • The company has since branched off to include dental products, food, accessories, and now the airline.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2024
  • This period of rapid change began after humans branched off from chimpanzees, making the results of the changes unique to humans.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
  • She is inspired by her dad’s film work Sistine has branched off from modeling and moved more into her dad’s realm as she's gotten older.
    — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Tinsel and lights line the doors of several rooms while a Christmas tree is being destroyed by a woman chopping its branches off.
    — Latoya Gayle, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The three aforementioned timelines each branch off in separate directions of their own, like the MCU multiverse but good.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Snakes may be quick to evolve into new forms, but people could be haphazardly pruning those buds and branches off the tree of life before they’ve even been spotted.
    — Popular Science, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Nodes branch off each other, with parent nodes affecting their children.
    — PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Those will be joined by a tunnel, which branches off into the underground bunker, which has a living space and a mechanical room, as well as an escape hatch.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Typically, it is installed close to your water shut off valve in a horizontal pipe that is in line with your existing plumbing, before the pipes branch off to the rest of the home.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Future installments in the franchise would decide that single timelines are boring and branch off too many universes to keep track of.
    — Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Ideal positioning of the IABP balloon is below the subclavian artery that branches off the aorta in the chest, but above the renal arteries that branch off the aorta in the abdomen.
    — Christopher Lee, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
  • That point in time would mark the origins of English and German as distinct languages, branching off from a common proto-Germanic language.
    — Lucy Tu, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Those channels ranged in width from 150 micrometers for the main roots, down to approximately 8 micrometers for hairs that branched off of those roots.
    — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 24 Nov. 2024

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