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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Lia Amador, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
The longtime actor and multi-faceted filmmaker crafts an unhinged, go-for-broke performance as a legendary quarterback putting his potential heir apparent (Tyriq Withers) through a psychologically torturous training camp.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Reunion shows often have a vital, go-for-broke spirit, and this movie does too, in the sweetest possible way.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
So to invest in a broke company is beyond me.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
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In another magical Miami tale, a broke witch who works in a spellshop and an adjunct professor who’s secretly a popular himbo mage team up to win a spellcasting reality show competition — except someone is sabotaging the contestants’ work.
—Lia Amador, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
The longtime actor and multi-faceted filmmaker crafts an unhinged, go-for-broke performance as a legendary quarterback putting his potential heir apparent (Tyriq Withers) through a psychologically torturous training camp.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Reunion shows often have a vital, go-for-broke spirit, and this movie does too, in the sweetest possible way.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
So to invest in a broke company is beyond me.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for broke
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“Broke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broke. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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