broken - use in sentences

Modifying Another Word

  • even: The operation is intensely painful, typically performed without anesthesia, in unhygienic conditions with razor blades, knives or even broken glass.
  • n't: Like the review says - if it ai n't broken don't fix it - well, I'd say this is the problem.
  • very: Also, of course, there would be flint but, surprisingly, most probably very broken and unsuitable for knapping.
  • easily: A: We carry very comprehensive stocks on the van of the most common parts that wear out or are easily broken ( e.g.
  • often: My station has no TV screens or announcements just a phone which is often broken or hazardous to health.
  • freshly: However, even next to fresh cliff falls one rarely finds freshly broken material on the beach suggesting that it is quickly rounded.

Modifies a noun

  • bone: We find broken bones even in four or five year olds.
  • leg: Children with broken legs who can't work... " " What do you regret?
  • rib: Doctor Norton said the injuries were consistent with a horse rolling on him, he had several broken ribs.
  • promise: How many more broken promises will have to be borne by farmers?
  • glass: There's quite a lot of broken glass which needs sweeping up also.
  • ankle: Lucy is found alive a while later, half starved and with a broken ankle.

Used with adjective complement

  • get: The rest of us were indeed becoming rather destructive, with some of the furniture getting broken.
  • have: Mind you, neither, it would seem, have Broken Lizard.
  • link: Comment: Link broken, unable to locate new home.
  • feel: I love you lots and my heart feels broken without you.
  • find: My dad remembers clocks being found broken, like time stood still.

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