broke

Example Sentences

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Before schools broke up, Ms Howell noticed four children had climbed on the chair to look at a book.

From BBC

Well, I was neither totally broke nor fully chastened and was eager to make back my losses.

From Barron's

Every country in Central Asia broke its annual temperature records.

From Barron's

Last week’s series of atmospheric rivers broke rainfall records and went a long way toward improving the state’s snowpack conditions, but the next three months will be crucial.

From Los Angeles Times

The couple were woken by the fire, which broke out on the ground floor, in the early hours of Boxing Day.

From BBC