broken
verb
past participle of break.
half-broken
-
a word derived from
broken.
Example Sentences
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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
By now the focus is squarely on the members’ own compositions, which have long since become an insider language of their own, balancing lyricism and counterpoint and skittering, half-broken rhythms.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2020
Is it wrong that I don’t want my kids to grow up cramped in a small house playing with half-broken toys because of my husband’s past trauma?
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2020
They notice a half-broken seat in the back row that can be tipped forward.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2019
He looks every inch a sellsword and not at all like the half-broken thing we took from Yezzan ’s cage, Tyrion reflected.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
