Example sentences for: broken

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

  • He did some research on fistfights and discovered that a lot of them last one punch: In real life, one person's nose gets broken and the other person's hand gets broken.

  • She's definitely broken new ground in establishing how thoroughly bifurcated their extended family was--Franklin's circle/Eleanor's circle, Franklin's place (Warm Springs)/Eleanor's places (Val-Kill and Campobello), Franklin's surrogate spouses (Lucy Mercer and Missy LeHand)/Eleanor's surrogate spouses (one-time state trooper and bodyguard Earl Miller and Lorena Hickok).

  • The connection to the ordinary world is broken, yet not entirely.

  • If McCain holds out for a strong bill, Lott may have no alternative to an old-fashioned filibuster . Supporters of McCain-Feingold will probably need not just 50 votes for victory (with the tie to be broken by Al Gore) but 60 votes to invoke "cloture" and break a filibuster.

  • In order to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII had broken with Rome and brought the English church under his own control.


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