half-broken
- a word derived from broken.
Example Sentences
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The woman pointed at a muddy, half-broken bucket, gesturing to a visitor to look inside.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
She included a poem she wrote immediately after losing her child, an unfiltered torrent of half-broken lines that seem to vibrate with anguish.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2022
Hitched to the back of Yellowbird-Chase's truck was a 14-foot boat with a half-broken motor and a set of fishing sonar.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2019
“Sadness here is another thing,” Raúl Herrera told me one quiet afternoon in the patio of his half-broken home, which has become a sort of makeshift conference room for volunteers coming through the region.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2017
The man in the black coat had tripped in the tangle of ivy and half-broken headstones.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
