Example Sentences

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“Beginning of the third set also I had a few chances I felt like maybe if I could have broke her it could have swung that way again,” Pegula said.

From Washington Times • Aug. 5, 2023

"A few seasons ago Wrexham were on the verge of going down to the National League North, and that would have broke us and I would have still been there," he said.

From BBC • May 1, 2023

“A year without no separation just might have broke us, baby,” King Princess sings in “Change the Locks,” a song about how pandemic proximity — and friction — could destroy a relationship.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022

"We could have broke down and stopped playing the right way mentally. But we kept moving the ball, we kept attacking, we kept trusting one another. It’s a huge win for us."

From Fox News • Dec. 4, 2021

I could have broke down and cried, but I pressed my lips together instead.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings