dead broke
Example Sentences
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If a young person wants to live alone, “you could do it, but you would be dead broke at the end of the month.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
It was dead broke, almost empty of students, and the air was tainted with rancor.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2015
I was writing really well, but dead broke.
From Salon ● May 15, 2015
Hahn has come a long way from dead broke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2015
When the baby girl, named Linah, finally arrived, the family was dead broke, and my mother had to beg for money to buy diapers and baby food and medicine.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
