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Discover Ludwig"broken home" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is most commonly used to describe a home where the family has separated, whether through divorce or death. For example: "He grew up in a broken home, so he never learned how to express his emotions."
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broken home
noun
A home in which the parents have separated or divorced.
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Broken home?
I come from a broken home.
"I came from a broken home.
Mr. Lane came from a broken home.
He's from a broken home.
I'm from a broken home.
The ultimate dismantling of those rooms — a broken home!
There was the (unspoken) divorce, the broken home.
Frank, you see, behaves as he does because he is the child of broken home.
The ultimate dismantling of those rooms a broken home!—is somehow heartbreaking.
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