dead broke
Example Sentences
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If you aren’t careful, a player can end up dead broke or stuck halfway across the world spinning his wheels.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2022
I was writing really well, but dead broke.
From Salon • May 15, 2015
“We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2014
Both are dead broke, and Arkady agrees reluctantly to pose as Gennady’s servant, for if Raisa discovered that her nephew was an actor she’d never let him in the front door.
From New York Times • May 7, 2010
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
