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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Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 May 2026
In the 1940s, the company leading the mining operation went broke and filed for bankruptcy, and many residents moved on.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026
His star power helps draw viewers into an increasingly strange story, and the increasingly strange story draws out the power of his go-for-broke charms.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
The film is a go-for-broke expression of wild imagination and social consciousness that’s impossible not to admire for its wacky, bold vision, with teleporting, high fashion snobbery and pyramid schemes.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
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Adjective
And as for the financial motive that Kouri was broke?
—Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 May 2026
In the 1940s, the company leading the mining operation went broke and filed for bankruptcy, and many residents moved on.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026
His star power helps draw viewers into an increasingly strange story, and the increasingly strange story draws out the power of his go-for-broke charms.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
The film is a go-for-broke expression of wild imagination and social consciousness that’s impossible not to admire for its wacky, bold vision, with teleporting, high fashion snobbery and pyramid schemes.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
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“Broke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broke. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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