broken
Example Sentences
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Officials in Belchertown, Mass., were saving up to fix their broken roads and aging buildings last year when they were hit with a surprise $911,000 invoice.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
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 conclusion, a wordless moment between father and daughter set to the strains of Bach played on a broken pipe organ, was the most devastating passage of the entire festival.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
They hauled broken bits out of the pool and into the compost heap, and saved two avocados, a tomato, and ten more strawberries.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
