broken-down
Example Sentences
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When Anna Fleming complained in a TikTok video that Honda had “ghosted” her after promising to replace her broken-down car, an army of amateur consumer advocates flooded Honda with demands for justice.
Earlier Friday, gunshots rang out when an angry crowd surrounded a broken-down truck outside of Les Cayes, thinking it carried aid.
From New York Times
It didn’t matter — the only vehicles we passed were broken-down trucks, their sweating drivers poring over greasy entrails.
From New York Times
A lorry driver who was filmed texting on his mobile phone moments before he crashed into a broken-down van, injuring three people, has been jailed.
From BBC
Haitian deaths officially attributed to the coronavirus are relatively low, but that likely results from a scarcity of testing and dubious reporting by a broken-down public health system.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
