broken
Example Sentences
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Daily temperature records were broken at LAX and UCLA, she said, where unofficial highs on Wednesday were 88 and 87 degrees, respectively.
From Los Angeles Times
The quiet of a Kyiv cemetery is broken by a trumpet salute, then a burst of rifle fire.
From BBC
The ghost has broken the laws of nature but she’s still treated like a cog in the system.
From Los Angeles Times
She was broken at 4-0 up to end her run of 11 games in a row but took the next two games to win in one hour and 37 minutes.
From BBC
Did I think it was strange to have broken my silence?
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
