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Synonyms for broken-down


Grammar : Adj
Spell : broh-kuh n-doun
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbroʊ kənˈdaʊn

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Définition of broken-down

  • adj dilapidated
Example sentences :
  • I never dreamed that you could care for an old, staid, broken-down bookworm like me.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • In her broken-down green wedgies she clattered toward the door.
  • Extract from : « Sorry: Wrong Dimension » by Ross Rocklynne
  • A broken-down, retired Russian official was to be found there sometimes in the evening.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • On the contrary, he helped the broken-down man to leave the country.
  • Extract from : « A Master of Mysteries » by L. T. Meade
  • With trembling limbs he left the court-room a broken-down man.
  • Extract from : « The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2) » by Alexandre Dumas pre
  • "I should like—to see—the deceased," stammered the broken-down father.
  • Extract from : « The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II (of 2) » by Alexandre Dumas pre
  • So it is with a good character in a fragile, broken-down body.
  • Extract from : « Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women » by George Sumner Weaver
  • She has almshouses for broken-down mediums on Sunnington Common in Kent.
  • Extract from : « The Prophet of Berkeley Square » by Robert Hichens
  • In one place there was a broken-down woman with six children.
  • Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. » by Various
  • Father's a broken-down musician who teaches the violin for a living.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean High School Freshman » by Pauline Lester

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