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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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Max Gao, Variety, 16 July 2024
Perhaps most importantly, what if a broke state party doesn’t change much at all?
—Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 26 Jan. 2024
Merrill then leapfrogged Triple-A and broke camp in March, earning a spot on the Padres’ opening day roster at 20 years old before making his debut 6,000 miles away in Seoul, South Korea.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
The initial success was the source of a weird disconnect in Troche’s life as she was still broke but treated like an A-list celebrity.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 19 June 2024
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Adjective
Directed by Ellie Kanner and written by Buffy Charlet, the new film follows Ruby (Gillies), an aspiring (and very broke) journalist who is forced to swallow her pride and take a temp job at Spread, an outdated adult magazine.
—Max Gao, Variety, 16 July 2024
Perhaps most importantly, what if a broke state party doesn’t change much at all?
—Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 26 Jan. 2024
Merrill then leapfrogged Triple-A and broke camp in March, earning a spot on the Padres’ opening day roster at 20 years old before making his debut 6,000 miles away in Seoul, South Korea.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
The initial success was the source of a weird disconnect in Troche’s life as she was still broke but treated like an A-list celebrity.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 19 June 2024
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“Broke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broke. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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