How do you use Broken in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like damaged or interrupted, plus the exact meaning.

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Broken in a sentence

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Broken meaning

past participle of break

Synonyms of Broken

unbroken damaged imperfect noncontinuous discontinuous halting off-and-on interrupted fitful dotted dashed broken-field unsound injured crushed

Broken in Dutch

gebroken geknakt defect kapot

Example sentences (20)

According to police, a man was riding the subway when a male suspect stabbed him in the face with a broken bottle.

A chainsaw-wielding 'vandal' has broken hearts in an attack described as a 'tragedy' on a UK tourist attraction.

Abandoned and broken-down buildings in the area of the fire are common and often taken over by people who are unhoused.

A Bosch drill and two Dewalt drills were stolen when a van was broken into on Sandhills Lane between February 10 and 11.

A broken second metatarsal bone in his right foot cost the final six regular season games last fall.

A fire had broken out in the stairwell of a four-storey block of residential flats in Drapers Court.

According to another source, Bear is a ‘broken man’ following his imprisonment at HMP Chelmsford.

The victim was taken to hospital suffering from two broken bones on her arm, two broken fingers and body bruising.

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The watch still being broken indicates how broken Joel himself is over Sarah's death over 20 years after it happened.

He suffered a broken wrist, a broken nose, dental injuries and other fractures in the incident with his neighbor.

Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims confirmed that one officer suffered a broken nose, while another’s jaw was broken.

For the show “Salvage/Transmute,” Shaheed worked on the metaphor between broken stones and broken social bonds.

Ultimately if the sellers are to take more control, they will need to see each of those levels broken (and stay broken).

Parsons disagreed strongly with Bellah's analysis in The Broken Covenant and insisted that "the covenant" was not broken.

A 31-year-old was left with a broken jaw after being punched in a Leeds bar this month.

There are no easy answers or quick fixes when it comes to broken relationships with people who are inherently broken as well.

A 2017 Nissan Rogue parked on the 9000 block of Waukegan Road had its driver’s side rear window broken and the car itself was rummaged through Jan.

The four minute barrier was broken and after that, the four minute time tag has been broken several times by different athletes.

A broken plate here or a teacher's note there, hardly signal the end of the world.

Dreiling was involved in an ATV accident, just over nine months ago which resulted in a broken neck and multiple broken vertebrae.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "broken" in a sentence?
An example: "According to police, a man was riding the subway when a male suspect stabbed him in the face with a broken bottle." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "broken" from real English texts.
What does "broken" mean?
Broken means: past participle of break
What are synonyms of "broken"?
Common synonyms of "broken" include: unbroken, damaged, imperfect, noncontinuous, discontinuous, halting, off-and-on, interrupted. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "broken" in Dutch?
"broken" translates to Dutch as: gebroken, geknakt, defect, kapot.
How many example sentences with "broken" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "broken", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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