Citations:broken


 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * He started up, growling at first, but finding his leg broken, fell down again; and then got upon three legs, and gave the most hideous roar that ever I heard. I was a little surprised that I had not hit him on the head; however, I took up the second piece immediately, and though he began to move off, fired again, and shot him in the head, and had the pleasure to see him drop and make but little noise, but lie struggling for life.
 * However, there was no time to debate, for we fancied that the ship would break in pieces every minute, and some told us she was actually broken already.
 * And thus, having found two or three broken oars belonging to the boat—and, besides the tools which were in the chest, I found two saws, an axe, and a hammer; with this cargo I put to sea.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * It was a large house, but one of broken fortunes; for the spacious offices were little used, their walls were damp and mossy, their windows broken, and their gates decayed.