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Example Sentences
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The insurers consider themselves justified in cancelling war risk policies: they covered a contingency, which no longer exists now that war has actually broken out.
From Barron's
Your phone was just broken but now everything is OK?
From Literature
I glanced out one of the broken windows; since the floor below me didn’t appear to be on fire, I decided that I was probably on the eighth floor.
From Literature
Roads near Beirut's airport were also hit, leaving broken glass and debris lining the streets.
From BBC
Buyers can find the destination charge among a list of costs, broken down on the window sticker, that they will pay to purchase a car or truck.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
