broke-down
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Sure, I stopped in Joshua Tree, but that doesn’t make these snowcapped mountains, long open plains and broke-down palm trees any more appealing.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2023
Jackson also traded four productive players for broke-down Derrick Rose.
From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2017
“I know it breaks your heart / Moved to the city in a broke-down car,” she sings, rolling the syllables out like she’s snapping pieces of gum.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 7, 2016
At one point during “Long and Wasted Years,” I imagined his vocal chords as a frayed rope holding a broke-down engine.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2014
At my building I sit on the stoop and catch my breath, waiting before I have to climb the broke-down stairs and walk hallways smelling like two-day-old garbage and fried onions.
From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome
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