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Meanings of broken in in английском

Tamed or trained to obey.

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Usage of broken in in английском
1
However a number of windows had been broken in the unoccupied house.
The Irish Times
2
That political armistice, broken in the last few years, was doubtless necessary.
The Guardian
3
My strength might be broken in court and their guilt thus exposed.
A Time of Changes
4
It lay on the floor in her bedroom, broken in three places.
The Hippodrome
5
No, nothing seemed amiss; no glass even was broken in the casement.
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
6
There will not be any china tea-sets,-allbroken in the last dish-washing
Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! Helps for Girls, in School and Out
7
The altars were levelled to the ground, the monuments broken in pieces.
The Dragon and the Raven; Or, The Days of King Alfred
8
The leg was broken in two places between the knee and thigh.
The Strength of the Strong
9
The hurricane had broken in upon the orderly arrangements of his privacy.
Typhoon
10
One can hear the crash of things being broken in the houses.
The Temptation of St. Antony; Or, A Revelation of the Soul
11
He arrived at Hauteville House poor in purse and broken in health.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 / Little J...
12
They declare that the glasses are broken in the cupboards at night.
A Selection from the Writings of Guy De Maupassant, Vol. I
13
Apparently, one of us walks funny, because they're broken in all wrong.
Mockingjay
14
More International Rules records were broken in Football Park, Adelaide, last night.
The Irish Times
15
The washtub was broken in pieces, and the bed was tipped over.
The Beacon Second Reader
16
Once more the slender thread of investigation lay broken in her hands.
The Price
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Broken in across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Common
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