broke-down
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Kevin Keegan, 1982 Broke down on the eve of the tournament with a recurring back injury.
From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2010
He ran to the church, Broke down the door, stripped the pews, and dashed out in the road With his arms full of hymn-books, and threw down his load At their feet!
From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by Faris, John T. (John Thomson)
"There's Anchovy Paste—" "Broke down before and behind."
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
"Broke down, eh?" said my companion—a man, by-the-way, whose face I have never yet seen.
From On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada by Ralph, Julian
I took young Broke down with me; and before long we got plenty of bites, but not one could we hook, till at last I caught this fellow.”
From The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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