to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language
Alan Turing and the Bletchley Park mathematicians broke the Enigma code being used by the Nazis
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of broken
Adjective
There was an evolution of the broken suit, with softer shoulders.—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 23 June 2025 Police said she was found with severe injuries suggesting she’d been struck by a vehicle, including serious head trauma and several broken bones.—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 21 June 2025
Verb
Buffalo’s season is all but over, and the team has looked broken.—Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024 When the pot was broken, the gifts would spill out, acting as an offering to Huitzilopochtli.—Monica Navarro, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for broken
Sandwiched between the ocean and the Oregon Coast Range, U.S. Route 101 traces the state’s entire coastline, with wide beaches and jagged sea stacks on one side of the road and thickets of evergreen forest on the other.
—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
17 June 2025
While icebergs and rocky shorelines dominate the Antarctic coastline that cruise ships navigate, the heart of the continent is another world, one of shimmering blue ice tunnels and crevasses, jagged mountain peaks, and vast moonscapes.
Additionally, although each member of the crew has their own particular skillset, the time spent on individual characters is uneven, and a smaller cast would have likely made things more effective.
—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
25 June 2025
Moreover, the legal playing field itself can be quite uneven.
After realizing the mother of three was awake, the intruder immediately bolted out out of the room.
—
Vivian Kwarm,
New York Daily News,
17 Dec. 2024
An overdose episode — Kiana bolted barefoot from their rural home and went missing overnight in the woods — brought police attention and led to charges for child endangerment.
Mamdani held the advantage of being a media-savvy millennial who appeared singularly cognizant of the benefits of harnessing the internet to spread his message in a race where Cuomo held the power of instant name recognition.
—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
25 June 2025
Formed in Los Angeles, the gang has grown into a transnational criminal organization with tens of thousands of members spread across the United States, Mexico and Central America.
—
Martha McHardy
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
Share