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

We track his evolution from Liverpudlian schoolboy to American media entrepreneur, his heart broken repeatedly by an English team whose hype is never matched by its performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

She called for changing water management policies to “fix an outdated and broken system.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

As a result, fewer mitochondrial proteins are broken down, which improves mitochondrial efficiency and boosts cellular energy production.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

You could tell from here that he’d broken it.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck