broken
Example Sentences
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Putting up all those new data centers requires plenty of what builders call aggregate, and what the rest of us call rocks that have been broken into smaller rocks.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
"That trust has been broken because of what happened, and I agree with them on that."
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Within hours of carrying the first telegram across the English Channel in 1850, the earliest “submarine telegraph”—27 miles of copper wire wrapped in a rubbery substance called gutta percha—was broken by a fishing trawler.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Is he going to rush to answer a prayer for guidance about underfunded parks or broken sidewalks in Los Angeles?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
As the pupils got here to find Tansy in what looked like a coal mine, a broken woman, they fell to.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
