broken
Example Sentences
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“The catastrophe insurance industry in California is incredibly broken and needs some serious repair,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Sooner or later we must stop believing in fairy tales and repeated broken promises, and embrace reality again.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Sonny finds himself tripping over his ineptitude and tangled up in conflicting sympathies—he’s almost as anxious as his hostages, whom he treats with an apologetic kindliness, almost like a party crasher who’s broken a vase.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Reacting to a narrow defeat for a much-changed team as if a sacred contract written in the manager's blood had been broken was wild.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
As the pupils got here to find Tansy in what looked like a coal mine, a broken woman, they fell to.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
