be broken

Frequency: 8.552.1 per million words

describes a state of being damaged or not working

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Examples (10)

  • The toy truck is broken and needs to be fixed.
  • I'm sorry, the window was broken by the baseball.
  • She can't go out tonight because her heart is broken.
  • My phone has been broken for a week, so I can't make any calls.
  • If you drop that beautiful vase, it will be broken forever.
  • His arm was broken in two places after the skiing accident.
  • You must understand that a promise is broken the moment it's not kept.
  • Could you please check why the printer is broken again?
  • After the scandal, the trust between them was completely broken.
  • The main water pipe is broken, and the whole street is flooded.