broken

Example Sentences

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But while he finished a respectable fourth, he needed hospital treatment after fracturing a leg he had previously broken.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

“Claude Code is one of the most broken pieces of software I’ve ever used in my entire life,” he says, citing flickering on-screen graphics, feature creep and a prodigious appetite for memory.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The chip company’s data center category will now be broken into two main business areas: hyperscale and cloud, industrial and enterprise.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Older residents who need mobility aids such as walkers or wheelchairs are left without options to traverse their own neighborhoods because of the broken sidewalks, she told The Times afterward.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

He looked one last time at the broken fishing hole that had prevented him from making history.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el