broke
Example Sentences
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“In curling you always divulge that you broke a rule … and apologize,” said Dagg-Jackson, the former Olympian turned coach.
From Los Angeles Times
Ms Rees had been hiking on the island with fellow passengers, but broke off from the group for a rest.
From BBC
Last week’s storm broke rainfall records for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in many places.
From Los Angeles Times
Tunisia finally broke out of a defensive shell on 32 minutes and forced a corner.
From Barron's
During a seven-nation polar exercise in Canada earlier this year to test equipment worth millions of dollars, the U.S. military’s all-terrain arctic vehicles broke down after 30 minutes because hydraulic fluids congealed in the cold.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
