brokenness

Example Sentences

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A father who was left widowed with seven young children has said sharing his story of "brokenness and grief" after losing his wife is helping others.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2025

You leave us amid utter brokenness in our city, our beloved Los Angeles, the place we both called home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025

He also adds more social commentary, examining the brokenness of a world, very much like our own, where such a deadly underground competition could exist.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2024

In today’s faith communities, spiritual nurture and care is easily lost in political identity and outrage at the brokenness of our world.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

But our brokenness is also the source of our common humanity, the basis for our shared search for comfort, meaning, and healing.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson