broken

Example Sentences

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The family of Green, from Hampshire, said their "hearts will forever be broken" following his death.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Putting up all those new data centers requires plenty of what builders call aggregate, and what the rest of us call rocks that have been broken into smaller rocks.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Within hours of carrying the first telegram across the English Channel in 1850, the earliest “submarine telegraph”—27 miles of copper wire wrapped in a rubbery substance called gutta percha—was broken by a fishing trawler.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Is he going to rush to answer a prayer for guidance about underfunded parks or broken sidewalks in Los Angeles?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

That was me, but the question came out strained and broken.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows