broken home
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of broken home
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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"Sick person" is an identity category Frances finds herself uneasily inhabiting, much like "younger mistress" or "child of a broken home."
From Salon ● May 24, 2022
"I thought it was the right thing to do to keep my family together, I didn't want my children to come from a broken home."
From BBC ● May 5, 2022
The final resting place of a failed business or broken home?
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2020
In 1910 Thelma and her sister, Katherine, escaped their broken home with their mother, Glenna, to reboot in Montana.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2020
Maybe I’m fighting the wind, this place called Detroit, my cousins and their walls, the prison that keeps my mother, my broken home country floating in the middle of a sinking sea.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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