Words similar to broke

Example sentences for: broke

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

While you're there, read the latest exchanges between Susan Estrich and David Frum about Matt Drudge, the cybergossip who broke the story.
Correction: "Today's Papers" was mistaken yesterday in saying that the NYT broke the story of a black Marine being beaten by skinheads in Moscow.
… Jackson's finding that Microsoft commanded a monopoly--and the implication that he will rule shortly that the company broke the law--may well hobble its efforts to meet [new] challenges.
As for your ruminations on the effects of competitive jealousy on news judgment, I'd have to agree that there's something out of whack if a story like the Paducah, Kentucky, bomb factory goes so wildly under-reported in other papers, just because the Post broke it.
Taylor, the paper notes, is a fugitive from Massachusetts, where he broke out of jail while being held on embezzlement charges.