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How to use the word Broken in a Sentence?

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My heart is shattered, But not feeling ashamed, For through pain, I am now free of chains. In each broken piece, resilience is claimed, And from the fragments, a stronger spirit is named.”

Christen Kuikoua

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4 months ago

If real love exists, the marriage can never be broken.

Marlies van den Broek

added by Gawiza
6 months ago

There are seasons, in human affairs, of inward and outward revolution, when new depths seem to be broken up in the soul, when new wants are unfolded in multitudes, and a new and undefined good is thirsted for. There are periods when the principles of experience need to be modified, when hope and trust and instinct claim a share with prudence in the guidance of affairs when, in truth, to dare is the highest wisdom.

William Ellery Channing

added by JokerGem
9 months ago

Creatures of clay, vain dwellers in the dust, lonely, we roam like the cloud, the wind, the wave, and all we see is a shadow of things unseen, and time that comes to flee Is but the broken echo of a rhyme In heart's great epic of Eternity.

Alexis karpouzos

added by alexiskarpouzos_1
10 months ago

Whole food carbohydrates take longer to break down into simple sugars, and a part of them — the fiber — ca n’t be broken down at all, this means that whole, intact grains do n’t cause the same spikes in blood sugar that we experience when we eat simple sugars. Blood sugar spikes trigger insulin spikes, which can destabilize our blood glucose and … be the underlying cause of health problems in the long run.

Maya Adam

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Chinese pensioners view these latest reforms as yet another broken party promise, one that could profoundly impact their quality of life in the face of China’s looming demographic crisis.

Craig Singleton

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Words can’t express how I’m feeling. I don’t know — broken.

David Brown

Found on CNN
1 year ago

After the cord was broken, our staff got him [mike] out of the water immediately, and asked him if he was okay, he [Mike] said he felt bruised. So we took him to the hospital.

Nithit Intim

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have flight attendants who have been thrown into the ceiling and then back down several times, resulting in broken limbs. In the aisle, with unannounced turbulence, we had people who lost toes, or lost the ability to work, or sustained injuries that kept them off the job for years.

Sara Nelson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He can change his mind about Donald Trump. This is a free country. George owes no allegiance to a political party or a presidential candidate. But his vows to me, I feel, were broken because we were all in.

Kellyanne Conway

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The apparatus that exists was to allow safety regulators to write and finalize common sense safety regulations that will protect people – protect their homes, protect their water, protect their children, protect their health – it’s totally broken, and the reason it’s totally broken is because the Congress and others – other administrations – will insert themselves into the process and take it over … from safety regulators and say, ‘I know better and I’m going to protect the industry from whatever you’re trying to force its hand on.’.

Sarah Feinberg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You think of all the legends and great players to play in this game and in all honesty, records are meant to be broken.

Jayson Tatum

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It means the world, you think of all the legends and great players to play in this game and in all honesty, records are meant to be broken.

Jayson Tatum

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s not just about the broken bones and the crush injuries. It’s about these patients also.

Elliott Tenpenny

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My heart is broken into pieces. I will forever remember you, my sweet angel.

Manuel Miranda

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I ’d say I’ve got a little bit better anger management, i have n’t punched anybody or broken any rakes recently.

Happy Gilmore

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We've been really successful 30 miles outside of Washington, where everything appears to be broken and nothing but divisiveness and dysfunction. I'm in one of the bluest states in the country with a 70% progressive legislature, and I got them to cut taxes eight years in a row by $4.8 billion. And I had the biggest economic turnaround in America, i just don't think he [Donald Trump] happens to be our strongest nominee to win the election in November.

Lawrence Hogan

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

When we first came into office, the first bill we proposed was for a pathway to citizenship, was to fix a broken immigration system that was broken under the previous administration, participate in the solution because we are offering solutions.

Kamala Harris

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

On the very first day in office, President Biden sent to the Hill, to Congress, a comprehensive package that would have meant so much to our ability to really manage the situation at the border, to really bring a broken immigration system that hasn't been reformed for decades, to really bring it into the present day, not just from a point of view of enforcement, but also realizing the opportunities that immigration brings to our country.

Alejandro Mayorkas

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

There are no words … my heart is broken into pieces.

Thida Win

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If for some way when we go through Ethics, and he has broken the law, then we will remove him.

Kevin McCarthy

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Trust and confidence in representative government is broken, accountability in federal agencies is nonexistent, so the Biden administration is pushing radical policies to please its political allies. And the American people are paying the price for it — at the pump, at the grocery store and at the doctor’s office.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Our heart is broken.

Priscilla Presley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

She knew it was close to the end. Survivor’s guilt, some would say, but a broken heart, is the doing of her death. Now she is home where she always belonged, but my heart is missing her love, our heart is broken.

Priscilla Presley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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