Examples of broke in a Sentence
Adjective
She is broke and homeless.
Can I borrow 10 dollars? I'm broke until payday.
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Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
Dean would be a broke man, remember?
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Dennis Hamlin took out multiple mortgages, maxed out several credit cards and nearly went broke, the Associated Press reported, all in pursuit of the dream to get his son into NASCAR.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 31 Dec. 2025
Yang’s go-for-broke characters tended to convey a vulnerability that’s hard to achieve in sketch comedy.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
All of that stuff is very much in play in what’s recognizably on-brand Steppenwolf acting, typified by go-for-broke intensity, naked in more ways than one, from Coon and Smallwood, especially.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
Dean would be a broke man, remember?
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Dennis Hamlin took out multiple mortgages, maxed out several credit cards and nearly went broke, the Associated Press reported, all in pursuit of the dream to get his son into NASCAR.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 31 Dec. 2025
Yang’s go-for-broke characters tended to convey a vulnerability that’s hard to achieve in sketch comedy.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Broke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broke. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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