How to Use broken in a Sentence

broken

adjective
  • The street was covered with broken glass.
  • There would be blood and broken glass.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • The broken chain was left on the ground.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
  • This time, with a broken left leg.
    — Will Graves, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The broken nail was what threw me off the most.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Throw out any toys with broken parts or mildew.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
  • May God bless all our broken hearts.
    — Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The Ducks halved their deficit on a broken play.
    — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
  • If ever a song had a broken heart!
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Nazar then missed a month because of a broken jaw.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • Dirty dishes and broken glass were found in the sink.
    — Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Now the players were clumps of broken petals on grass.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 24 June 2026
  • The wife noted that her broken arm is still sore.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The broken glass that sits on the sidewalk.
    — Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • And in a broken world this is precious.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
  • And in a broken world this is precious.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2026
  • What was next to the broken panel?
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • As for the business, the broken glass has since been fixed.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Video of the scene showed broken chunks of concrete on the street.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • This is a broken health care system.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Other than that and a broken leg, great.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • The three shell eggs with broken shells in the reach-in cooler?
    — David J. Neal may 8, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
  • This is a broken short-term setup.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
  • But the broken windows spoke to us.
    — Gregg Olsen, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Sometimes a broken bat yields a hit.
    — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • So more of us are putting off repairs and putting up with broken phones.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
  • There’s a broken roof, flat tires and more rust than metal.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 4 June 2026
  • This whole road was just parking lots and broken glass and (stuff).
    — Matt Koesters, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2022
  • But a broken heart has spaces that can now be filled with the glue of love.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2023
  • To fix broken tiles, use a two-way epoxy filler that is also paintable.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2022

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