broken
Example Sentences
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Both his mother and step-father are being "slowly broken" and in "growing distress", he says.
From BBC
The Athletic and Sky Sports reported Monday that Liverpool fear Isak has broken his leg, which would mean a lengthy period on the sidelines.
From Barron's
Using this analogy, he explains that Earth's climate control is not broken.
From Science Daily
Dame Helen Mirren hopes to repair a broken cello that belongs to a care home she supports, while author Julia Donaldson seeks to restore a a battered toy farmhouse that inspired her books.
From BBC
I conclude not with a joke but with a proverb at the essence of most Jewish jokes: What is as whole as a Jew with a broken heart?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
