broken
verb
past participle of break.
brokenness
-
a word derived from
broken.
Example Sentences
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These are rituals that create a structure for intensely feeling brokenness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Country singer Blake Shelton, who worked with Parton on the American television series The Voice wrote: "I can say with absolute certainty that we are all feeling the same heart brokenness today."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
You leave us amid utter brokenness in our city, our beloved Los Angeles, the place we both called home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025
He also adds more social commentary, examining the brokenness of a world, very much like our own, where such a deadly underground competition could exist.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
Or we can deny our brokenness, forswear compassion, and, as a result, deny our own humanity.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
