Idiom
broken man
Meaning
A man who has suffered significant and enduring emotional pain as a result of a highly unpleasant or traumatic event.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He became a broken man after losing his family.”
“After the company went bankrupt and he lost his life savings, he was a broken man who struggled to find hope.”
“The veteran returned from the war a broken man, unable to reconcile the horrors he witnessed with the quiet life he once knew.”
Examples
simple
“He became a broken man after losing his family.”
contextual
“After the company went bankrupt and he lost his life savings, he was a broken man who struggled to find hope.”
complex
“The veteran returned from the war a broken man, unable to reconcile the horrors he witnessed with the quiet life he once knew.”
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