How to Use broke in a Sentence

broke

adjective
Definition of brokenext
Synonyms for brokenext
  • She is broke and homeless.
  • Can I borrow 10 dollars? I'm broke until payday.
  • In a nutshell: Jess is broke, alone and needs a fresh start.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022
  • Of course, some things aren’t broke, and have no need of fixing.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2021
  • The high-end, state-of-the-art, shiny and new coffee maker just … broke.
    — Jennifer Konerman, Sunset Magazine, 4 June 2022
  • RiRi should bless broke fans like me with the currency of bops.
    — Christopher Ros, Glamour, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Nakia Vestal was 17, broke and alone when her mother kicked her out.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 8 Dec. 2021
  • As the saying suggests, if it's not broke, don't fix it.
    — Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2021
  • After the divorce, Lisa told news.com.au that she was left broke and struggling to pay the bills.
    — Keryn Donnelly, refinery29.com, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The summer of 1977, New York City was broke, so there weren’t any summer jobs.
    — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Still, the exuberant, go-for-broke spirit of the record came after the band had a few dark nights of the soul.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 July 2022
  • The picture is hideous, and the museum is always broke.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 19 Feb. 2022
  • In the movie, two parents (Rob Delaney and Ellie Kemper) are broke and about to lose their home.
    — Keith Langston, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Argentina will need to be going for broke from here in.
    — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
  • At the signal, Thoms pulled so hard the oar broke, forcing officials to postpone the team’s heat.
    — Kim O'Connell, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022
  • At the same time, many cattle ranchers are going broke.
    — New York Times, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Sri Lanka’s government is broke, and the country is in chaos.
    — Saeed Shah, WSJ, 14 July 2022
  • Then Tennessee’s runner on third broke home and scored, beating the throw from first.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Alcone bought the parcel back in 2020 and broke ground last November.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The Pump Rules cast were younger, broke, and from my slight foray into their shallow waters, not too bright.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 25 May 2023
  • In about a year, the zoo also went broke, with some of the animals going to Belle Isle, where there's still a nature center.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2023
  • Get out of that mentality of broke-girl-on-the-verge-of-being-homeless, living check to check.
    — David Marchesephotograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Faced with a 4th-and-6 on the Manual 42-yard line, Wimberly pushed all his chips into the table and went for broke.
    — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 4 Sep. 2021
  • The current King of England allegedly said the royals were too broke to support Meghan.
    — Vulture, 6 Jan. 2023
  • But its website says Buc-ee’s broke ground for a store in Auburn, Alabama, in October that will be open in a year.
    — al, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Go out, be social and make memories—just don’t go broke while doing so.
    — Felice León, Essence, 1 Sep. 2023
  • And as the Times reports, Lauder hosted Hochul for dinner a year ago and brought up the wind farm, which Hochul has supported and broke ground on.
    — Curbed, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Cleveland’s broke county’s, broke county has to build a jail and a justice center.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The state party moved to a new headquarters last year but nearly went broke as donors wary of racking up more election losses dried up.
    — USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
  • At a time when the little people are broke and resentful, his personal wealth and the wealth and influence of his wife’s family are electoral handicaps.
    — Dominic Green, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024

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