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I was trying to get to my therapist’s office when the subway groaned brokenly, stopped, grew dark, then hot, then seemed to die completely.

From The New Yorker Jul. 8, 2019

Alone among his contemporaries, he took the frequently visited subject of the broken person in a broken world and, rather than seek out comfort and connection, began to explore it brokenly and mercilessly.

From The Guardian Mar. 28, 2019

They’ll even brokenly fire arrows through trees, either a glitch or collision detection oversight that outs the environment as a facade in combat.

From Time May 12, 2015

Traditionally, anarchically, adventurously, brokenly, wholly, any adverb you want, but always only with an eye to what the story asks, because that's more than enough.

From The Guardian Aug. 18, 2012

“Please,” he said brokenly, “you don’t know how much this hurts—I can’t do you any harm—please can we stop and talk?”

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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