brokenness
Example Sentences
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The sharp pain of the wound may heal, but the scar remains—and we must all find a way that the broken heart can both feel the truth of its brokenness and emerge enlarged and reshaped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Citizen Kane” posited that all media moguls are driven by a lust for power that stems from an irreparable brokenness.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
And I feel like when I do see myself in a certain era, I feel strong then or I feel like I’m carrying everything really up here with a little bit of a brokenness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
Or we can deny our brokenness, forswear compassion, and, as a result, deny our own humanity.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
