Sentence examples for about broke from inspiring English sources

Of course Madrid is now just about broke, and Mr. Gallardón's opponents point to his civic improvements as one cause.

And while there are lots of stories about broke college grads, people with higher education are much less likely to have low incomes than those without degrees.

The five events for which we charged admission about broke even, leaving us with a surplus of $334, and we expended $2,088 on the autumn "welcome to your city" event and the two Global Networking Nights.

In the space of three months last summer, two unemployed screenwriters, David Garrett and Jason Ward, went from being just about broke to being millionaires and minor Hollywood legends.

A live staging of Rent, the 1996 musical about broke bohemians facing the AIDS crisis, was supposed to air on Fox Sunday night.

"I just about broke even.

This, from Britain's Treasury, appears to mean what you want it to, according to where you stand in the lively controversy about broking commissions.

Investment banking was no longer just about broking (conducting transactions in return for commissions) or giving advice; it was about using the banks' balance-sheets to help clients or manage risks.

I was living without any power and about as broke as broke gets.

What do you remember about being broke?

1995 TJ and JC both worried about being broke.