brokenness

Example Sentences

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Linda Westcarr, Ms Westcarr-Sabaroche's mother, told reporters outside court she believed Tape should have been sent to prison and that the case exposed the "brokenness of our justice system".

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

Even before my grandmother died, my mother and I always had this sort of brokenness, a fractured claim to connection.

From Salon • May 12, 2024

“The process is broken. We’re seeing the brokenness of it in front of our faces,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024

“It is in the brokenness that shapes us,” he said.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2024

Or we can deny our brokenness, forswear compassion, and, as a result, deny our own humanity.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson