1.   The pearls were artificial and when the string broke they got scattered and lost and forgotten about.

2.   A guitar string broke, and with no replacement in sight, he continued his half-hour set.

3.   When that string breaks, some sour notes ensue.

4.   If one string breaks, the tether still holds.

5.   Vesseaux says strings also break more often during clay-court events, ground down by the tiny particles of crushed brick and limestone.