Sentence examples for broke shortly from inspiring English sources

Jackson, who claimed to be "desperately broke" shortly before his death in 2009, has been generating income for his estate from two posthumously-released albums, including this year's Xscape, which became Jackson's 10th UK number one album, his back catalogue and a 50% stake in a venture that owns the publishing rights to hit tracks by the Beatles, Elvis and Eminem.

The other (x=0.5) broke shortly after the introduction of H2.

The zoo story broke shortly before I got here last week.

It broke shortly before the end of Tuesday's performance, said Barbara Haws, the orchestra's historian.

The investigation erupted in the glare of a spotlight on child abuse shone by the Penn State scandal, which broke shortly beforehand.

Up to 30 businesses were damaged, dozens of people were evacuated and a four-block area was flooded when the pipe broke shortly after 9 30 P.M.

News of the suspension first broke Sunday, shortly before the Redskins' 34-19 loss to the New York Jets at FedEx Field.

Two people were killed yesterday afternoon in a fire the broke out shortly after 4 p.m. in their apartment at 519 Kings Highway in Brooklyn, the authorities said.

The prison sentence that followed effectively broke him, and he died shortly after his release in 1959.

The gossip site later reported that Jones' team took the website offline shortly after news of the attack broke.

International Community Radio Taiwan I.C.R.T. for short began airing in 1979, shortly after the United States, pressured by China, broke formal diplomatic ties with the island.