broken

Example Sentences

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"I have never seen anything to make me suspect my husband has broken any law," said MP Joani Reid after UK media reported that her husband David Taylor was among those arrested.

From Barron's

‘Of course everything’s all right,’ she says in her normal brusque voice, the spell broken.

From Literature

I wanted to tell her I remembered that day we had broken the comb, remembered her staring at Patch’s bed and deciding not to take the road to Galway.

From Literature

They might have broken their duck with victory in the World Test Championship final last June, but their reputation as chokers remains.

From BBC

In his now-infamous six-page Instagram statement in January, Brooklyn made clear that relations with his parents had broken down, saying he had been forced to respond after they had "continued to go to the press".

From BBC