Broke
in sentence
1276 examples of Broke in a sentence
As the uprising against the Ceausescu regime
broke
out in December 1989 in Timisoara, Stanculescu (together with General Chitac) was dispatched to the city and ordered to suppress all demonstrations by any available means.
When the Yugoslav wars
broke
out in the 1990's we watched as our neighbourhood burned because we had no means of responding to the crisis.
Shortly after the war
broke
out, when German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg was asked to explain what happened, he answered, “Oh, if I only knew!”Perhaps in the interest of self-exoneration, he came to regard the war as inevitable.
Perhaps they should bear in mind Ernest Hemingway’s description of how a man goes broke: “slowly, then all at once.”Freedom of Religion or Freedom of Speech?
In fact, sugar’s allure is a big reason why the processed food industry’s current profit margin is 5% (up from 1%), and why so many of us are sick, fat, stupid, broke, depressed, and just plain miserable.
The Shape of Charges to Come?WASHINGTON, DC – When the news
broke
last week about the specific documents sought by Robert Mueller, the special counsel heading the federal investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election and whether Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with the Kremlin, a chill fell over Trump’s already jittery White House.
Later that month, rescue workers in Niger found the bodies of 92 migrants, including 52 children, who had died of thirst after their vehicles
broke
down in the Sahara Desert en route to Algeria, and possibly to the EU.
As in Brown v. Board of Education , the case that ultimately
broke
the back of racial segregation in America half a century ago, the European Court is being asked to give meaning to the fundamental principle of equality.
Until the global financial crisis broke, Barroso looked fairly certain to get a second five-year term.
We must recognize that in the desire to broaden home ownership, essential checks and balances
broke
down.
In doing so, Wade
broke
ranks with the rest of the African Union, naively expecting to gain French and Western support for his bid to retain power.
One year later, when we published public notices in local newspapers of our intention to sue the two corporations, all hell
broke
loose.
We
broke
no laws; on the contrary, we have been upholding Kenya’s constitution, which guarantees citizens’ rights to a safe and healthy environment.
This was compounded by a crisis of conduct, as scandals
broke
out over the misselling of financial products, global currency manipulation, and the rigging of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor, the benchmark interest rate that some banks charge one another for short-term loans).
That is why it
broke
down, and that is why it cannot be put together again.
Trump
broke
with precedent in another way: he chose a non-economist.
One simple rule should be applied as rigorously in this sensitive area as anywhere else: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
The Solidarity union that was born in 1980
broke
the Communist Party‘s monopoly on power.
First, if we apply the principle “You
broke
it, you fix it,” then the developed nations have to take responsibility for our “broken” atmosphere, which can no longer absorb more greenhouse gases without the world’s climate changing.
Chilean grapes
broke
into world markets thanks to publicly financed R&D.
For his fellow Republicans, however, it is “but he
broke
with the legacy of Ronald Reagan by repudiating his ‘no new taxes’ pledge.”
A woman with short-term memory loss
broke
into a big smile, the company reported, when the robot asked her, “Would you like a bowl of ice cream?”
In Greenland two huge chunks of ice
broke
off in July and August.
In 2003, the most severe heat wave in living memory
broke
previous temperature records by a large margin and caused 70,000 deaths in Europe.
In 2005, the most severe hurricane season ever witnessed in the Atlantic devastated New Orleans and
broke
records in terms of the number and intensity of storms.
The American invasion of Iraq set the pattern, for it
broke
the central government’s power and empowered ethnic and religious enclaves.
Hindus and Muslims who had left one another alone, or even had friendly relations, suddenly went for one another’s throats when the largely Muslim north
broke
away from predominantly Hindu India in 1947.
A new generation in France, born after the war,
broke
the public silence with a torrent of books and films on French collaboration in the Holocaust, as well as the collaborationist Vichy regime, sometimes in an almost inquisitorial spirit.
Volkswagen’s stock has lost more than one-third of its value since the scandal
broke.
Since Asia’s crisis
broke
out, China has suffered a sharp decrease in exports to Southeast Asian countries, but has enjoyed increased exports to other markets, such as America and Europe.
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