broken

Example Sentences

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If you have been hit by relentless rain and flooding this winter you might well be expecting the weather to have broken some records.

From BBC

These relics were set aside, and the digging resumed with the shout, “Great God! Here are the pieces of a broken bowl!”

From Literature

Hadid was one of just 15 models working the show with 60 outfits, where each time the outfit was broken down to reveal new possible looks through layering.

From Barron's

"Boxing is not broken for us, it's well and alive. We're not babies, we get on with it."

From BBC

Focused more on the problems of poverty, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation is advising manifesto-writers to go bold on change to the "broken" council tax system.

From BBC