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Example sentences for: bankrupt

How can you use “bankrupt” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The government declared itself bankrupt in 1892, and emigration reached unprecedented levels.
A number of Korean businesses went bankrupt, either because of dishonest practices or because the possible Korean share of world markets for some products, like automobiles, had been overestimated.
' " In essence, Gore said that Bradley's plan to expand health coverage to uninsured Americans (which is more ambitious than Gore's plan) would bankrupt the Medicare trust fund unless Bradley raised taxes.
The ship was abandoned by its bankrupt Pakistani owners and its crew left without food, water, fuel, or wages.
In the following quotation, the reader may have difficulty in determining how far from his wife this ideal husband lives, why he isn't bankrupt from feeding parking meters, and what circumstance might have afflicted him with muteness: