Below you will find example sentences with "broken down". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Broken Down in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: broken
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 12
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.8 words

Words in this phrase

broken down

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • broken can mean: past participle of break Frequent word
  • down can mean: From a higher position to a lower one; downwards. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and felt broken down and hurt 1× being so broken down and hollowed 1× can be broken down into hydrogen 1× cannot be broken down 1× car had broken down 1× cells are broken down into water 1× ester is broken down enzymatically and 1× may have broken down because of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a couple died 1× a few weeks 1× a lorry driver 1× a separate vehicle 1× a vehicle has 1× according to ministry 1×

Common sentence endings:

a1 in newcastle 1× according to inrix 1× be broken down 1× be melted down 1× broken down again 1× broken down attack 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

vehicle 3× enantate 2× due 2× fans 2× took 2× couple 2× came 2× two 2× life 2× water 2× melted 2× lane 2×

Related phrases

shut down knocked down sat down breaks down stepped down slow down touched down doubled down burned down sit down

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around broken:

broken nose 13×

Just before it in the phrase index:

broke down broader range broader market broader issue broader effort broader economic

Just after it in the phrase index:

broken nose broncos country broncos defensive broncos head bronny james bronze medal

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

broken nose

Same ending:

shut down knocked down sat down breaks down stepped down slow down

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "broken down" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and felt broken down and hurt, being so broken down and hollowed, vehicle, enantate and due stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with shut down, knocked down, sat down and broken nose, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with broken down

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

A vehicle has broken down on the A1 in Newcastle. (10 words)

This is due to a broken to a broken down vehicle. (11 words)

A separate vehicle has broken down at the scene, according to Inrix. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

After being lauded as respectful and down to earth by fans, Makhadzi on Wednesday took to Instagram to inform fans that she had broken down after the meeting with Ramaphosa, as she took stock of the achievements in her career. (40 words)

Water ice is frequently mentioned as a key resource — not only because it can be melted down to slake a settler’s thirst, but also because it can be broken down into hydrogen and oxygen for rocket propellants. (38 words)

At the time, Ms. Getty, 26, had recently been through two failed relationships and felt “broken down” and “hurt” by some in her life who seemed intent on tearing down her ambition as a model and designer. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Trenbolone enantate is therefore inactive from a purely biological point of view until enantate ester is broken down enzymatically and cannot be broken down.

This is due to a broken to a broken down vehicle.

Finally., Palace's resistance is broken and it's from their own broken down attack.

After being lauded as respectful and down to earth by fans, Makhadzi on Wednesday took to Instagram to inform fans that she had broken down after the meeting with Ramaphosa, as she took stock of the achievements in her career.

Seeing vehicles broken down on the side of a highway isn’t unusual, except for the one that a couple driving down a stretch of Interstate 25 in Wyoming came across.

Yet here's the mayor of freakin' Boston being so broken down and hollowed out inside that he can't help but get down on his knees beg.

At the time, Ms. Getty, 26, had recently been through two failed relationships and felt “broken down” and “hurt” by some in her life who seemed intent on tearing down her ambition as a model and designer.

Water ice is frequently mentioned as a key resource — not only because it can be melted down to slake a settler’s thirst, but also because it can be broken down into hydrogen and oxygen for rocket propellants.

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Further afield, traffic is down to one lane on Cork’s N20 in Buttevant due to a broken down truck.

The remaining shell is cut into pieces and broken down by an industrial shredder so that the aluminium can be melted down.

According to ministry officials, the numbers are broken down into two main categories: those who have been fully evacuated from their homes, and those who are eligible “to rest and refresh themselves” at state-subsidized guesthouses temporarily.

A couple died on the spot after their scooter collided with a parked lorry that had broken down on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway near Kempanahalli Gate at Bidadi on June 29.

A few weeks before he came to our door, Simon’s* car had broken down.

AI accused Wandsworth Council of breaching its duties by failing to secure him special educational provision, and failing to consider his placements may have broken down because of gender discrimination.

A lorry driver, who is thought to have broken down in a live lane on the eastbound carriageway, has been left fighting for his life in an incident between Top.

A separate vehicle has broken down at the scene, according to Inrix.

A vehicle has broken down on the A1 in Newcastle.

Communication between the rest of the band seems to have broken down.

Deputy chief executive of NHS Providers, Saffron Cordery said: “It’s hugely disappointing that talks between the Government and the doctors’ unions have broken down again.

Essentially, the process mimics and speeds up what occurs to a body naturally when someone is buried, as the body’s cells are broken down into water.

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