stone broke
Example Sentences
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“Maybe the first stone broke and it was in a scrap pile,” which somehow made its way into the lake.
From Washington Times • Jul. 6, 2020
The offer is being made directly to investors after Vulcan, the largest U.S. producer of crushed stone, broke off talks on a combination, Martin Marietta has said.
From BusinessWeek • Dec. 17, 2011
Uganda, in short, would be stone broke if it did not receive occasional Arab aid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Back in New York, stone broke and without any means of support, I realized that the railroad was all that I actually knew anything about.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
All I could think of was the old line from a hundred halfremembered stories: And Taborlin the Great said to the stone: “BREAK!” and the stone broke....
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
