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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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Show creator Natasha Rothwell plays Mel, a broke JFK airport employee who has never been in love.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
They are divided between those who want to travel and leave everything behind, and those who wish to travel but are too broke to do so and those who are already in Egypt and want to return, and those who will return to their homes no matter the conditions.
—Amal Murtaja, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Renee Poche, a former Love is Blind contestant, filed a lawsuit against Netflix and Love Is Blind producers Delirium TV earlier this year, alleging that her ex on the show — Carter Wall — was broke and abusive, but that the producers did nothing about it.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Perhaps part of the problem was the downer premise: a broke Phyllis moves in with her San Francisco in-laws and struggles to find a job following the death of her dermatologist husband.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Show creator Natasha Rothwell plays Mel, a broke JFK airport employee who has never been in love.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
They are divided between those who want to travel and leave everything behind, and those who wish to travel but are too broke to do so and those who are already in Egypt and want to return, and those who will return to their homes no matter the conditions.
—Amal Murtaja, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Renee Poche, a former Love is Blind contestant, filed a lawsuit against Netflix and Love Is Blind producers Delirium TV earlier this year, alleging that her ex on the show — Carter Wall — was broke and abusive, but that the producers did nothing about it.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Broke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broke. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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