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
Even a bear of very little brain — or a bear with a brain half-broken from risk assessment — knows that.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
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
The man in the black coat had tripped in the tangle of ivy and half-broken headstones.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
