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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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 31 Dec. 2025
Yang’s go-for-broke characters tended to convey a vulnerability that’s hard to achieve in sketch comedy.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
Every studio was essentially broke.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
But reunion shows often have a bracing, go-for-broke spirit, and Spinal Tap II does too.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
Dennis Hamlin took out multiple mortgages, maxed out several credit cards and nearly went broke, the Associated Press reported, all in pursuit of the dream to get his son into NASCAR.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 31 Dec. 2025
Yang’s go-for-broke characters tended to convey a vulnerability that’s hard to achieve in sketch comedy.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
Every studio was essentially broke.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
But reunion shows often have a bracing, go-for-broke spirit, and Spinal Tap II does too.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Broke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broke. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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