brokenness

Example Sentences

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A father who was left widowed with seven young children has said sharing his story of "brokenness and grief" after losing his wife is helping others.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2025

“Sean Combs has been the figure more associated with death, tragedy and brokenness than any mogul,” says Reverend Conrad Tillard in the first episode.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2025

You leave us amid utter brokenness in our city, our beloved Los Angeles, the place we both called home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025

“The brokenness of the media landscape is allowing these smaller publications to to spring up and test the market,” Casimiro said.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2024

I had a notion that if we acknowledged our brokenness, we could no longer take pride in mass incarceration, in executing people, in our deliberate indifference to the most vulnerable.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson