They also found fragments of arrows and broken bows.

The men looked at their broken bows amazed.

Hard luck stories always abound at the finish of the Liffey Descent: tales of broken bows, calamitous capsizes and missed medals.

Men who have not observed proper discipline, and have not gained treasure in their youth, lie, like broken bows, sighing after the past.

Men who have not observed proper discipline, and have not gained wealth in their youth, lie, like broken bows, sighing after the past.

Down the rocky road went the flying host, with 'their shaftless, broken bows' closely followed by the avenging foe with 'red pursuing spear.'