Synonym: bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke. Similar words: broker, stroke, poke, joke, smoke, invoke, revoke, bespoke. Meaning: [brəʊk] adj. lacking funds.
1. If it ain't
broke, don't fix it.
2. Riot police broke up a demonstration by students.
3. The storm broke at five o'clock.
4. The bridge broke down in last earthquake.
5. The demonstration broke up in tumult.
6. The sun broke through the clouds.
7. The dish fell to the floor and broke.
8. The meeting broke up at ten to three.
9. Because he broke the rules, he forfeited his winnings.
10. She broke the plates in a fit of temper.
11. A scream broke the silence of the night.
12. She fell and broke her leg.
13. Are you the culprit who broke this window?
14. We broke our journey in Madrid.
15. She yanked the rope and it broke.
16. Her face broke into a wide grin.
17. I broke the chocolate into halves here's your half.
18. Clashes broke out between police and demonstrators.
19. He broke his nose in the fight.
20. Waves mountain - high broke over the reef.
21. The defendant broke down under cross - examination .
22. He broke his neck in the fall.
23. Luckily a bush broke his fall.
24. Minor skirmishes broke out all along the border.
25. They broke out of prison and fled the country.
26. At last the sun broke through the clouds.
27. Greece broke off relations with Turkey.
28. He fell down and broke his legs.
29. He was 29 when war broke out.
30. They broke into our house under cloud of night.
1. The meeting broke up at ten to three.
2. A scream broke the silence of the night.
3. She fell and broke her leg.
4. Her face broke into a wide grin.
5. He broke his neck in the fall.
6. They broke out of prison and fled the country.
7. He was 29 when war broke out.
8. Gordon dropped the cup and it broke.
9. Our hire car broke down after only an hour.
10. He broke off a few squares of chocolate.
11. They broke the mould when they made you .
12. The athlete broke an arm while climbing a cliff.
13. We arrived in Sydney as dawn broke .
14. I'm fed up with being broke all the time.
15. The conference broke for a recess.
16. He found himself homeless after his marriage broke up.
17. A fire broke out in the main lift shaft.
18. She dropped the plate and it broke into pieces.
19. A few minutes later the storm broke .
20. The fall from his horse broke his arm.
21. We broke up for the holidays in June.
22. The company went broke last year.
23. Masked robbers broke in and made off with $8,000.
24. The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke.
25. A scuffle broke out among people in the crowd.
26. She broke her hip in the fall.
27. When I was 35 my marriage broke up.
28. Scuffles broke out between police and demonstrators.
29. Those little/young devils broke my window.
30. He broke off the engagement in a fit of jealousy.
More similar words: broker, stroke, poke, joke, smoke, invoke, revoke, bespoke, provoke, brown, brook, brother, broad, spokesman, abroad, bronze, browse, brooch, eyebrow, broadly, browbeat, abrogate, broadcast, at home and abroad.