Sentence examples for broke except from inspiring English sources

Now broke, except for a bag of empty soda cans to cash in for a few pesos, he said he planned to return to Chihuahua when he could raise $11 for bus fare.

But, while breaking wind is the joke trigger in that bit, no one "breaks" except the audience.

New York — Advices received by the State Department indicate that the backbone of the rebellion throughout Northern Mexico has been broken, except in the single State of Sonora.

"It's here because of truth and spirit, just like Iggy Pop giving it his best every night and going all the way until everything in your body is broken except your soul and rock 'n' roll.

He knows that, when we call a stunt death-defying, that means life-enhancing; the breakneck is funny because everything in sight gets broken except the hero's neck.

Each may have its own little tricks, but none are really all that make or break — except for visual voicemail, that is.

Despite the hot weather, Sirard said he doesn't expect any records to be broken, except possibly in the valleys.

The firing activity reverted quickly to the background level as soon as the contact with the stimulus was broken except at the lowest dilution (1∶10).

The treatment code was not to be broken except in medical emergencies when the appropriate management of the subject required knowledge of the treatment randomisation.

There was more firing and, as a light-blue dawn broke, silence, except for the sound of a rooster crowing, birds singing, and a muezzin calling out "allahu akbar" over and over.

Its first half scarcely broke new ground, except in the aggregate.