broken home
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of broken home
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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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
"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
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
They wanted to know about the broken home and I had that.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 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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