broken home
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of broken home
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Wiggins - a gangly north Londoner, from a broken home, brought up in poverty - made it to the very top of a sport that requires clinical preparation and a calm head under pressure.
From BBC ● May 13, 2025
When you come from a broken home, what you want more than anything is to create a family unit, and create something that you didn’t have.
From Slate ● May 23, 2023
Once, two sisters approached her on the Venice boardwalk to tell her how they’d come from a broken home and Punky helped them get through it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2021
She started when she was 15, a skinny African American girl from a broken home, and was soon booked to walk for the highest of high fashion shows: Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Christian Dior.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 21, 2020
That meant Terryl, the little girl from the broken home, would be the mom trying to keep the pattern from reproducing itself.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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