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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Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Dec. 2025
The law has helped generations of New York’s broke-ish creative class stay put in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods over the decades.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2025
Pérez was a broke college student but a decent dorm-room poker player, and bought some of his first pieces — including a Man Ray lithograph — with his winnings.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
Never before has a town greeted me with a broke pawnbroker.
—Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
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That dream finally came true with How To Die Alone, a thoughtful dramedy about Mel (Rothwell), a broke airport employee who's forgotten how to dream.
—Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Dec. 2025
The law has helped generations of New York’s broke-ish creative class stay put in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods over the decades.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2025
Pérez was a broke college student but a decent dorm-room poker player, and bought some of his first pieces — including a Man Ray lithograph — with his winnings.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
Never before has a town greeted me with a broke pawnbroker.
—Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
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“Broke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broke. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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