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Discover LudwigThe phrase "broken marriage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a marriage that is failing or has significant issues, often implying that it may lead to separation or divorce.
Example: "After years of unresolved conflicts and misunderstandings, they finally acknowledged that they were in a broken marriage."
Alternatives: "dysfunctional marriage" or "failed marriage."
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"Broken marriage, broken house," she said.
Johnny's tabloid-worthy torpor is broken only by the unexpected arrival of his 11-year-old daughter from a broken marriage, Cleo (the luminously cute Elle Fanning).
Express Yourself is a starter lesson in female empowerment, blaring with sass; Till Death Do Us Part a raucous hi-NRG annihilation of her broken marriage.
The couple separate (a frequent event in Meredith's fiction, reflecting his own broken marriage).
His own broken marriage.
The broken marriage.
His broken marriage and his escapades are well known.
Iris has two daughters and a broken marriage.
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Like the myth of a broken-marriage-free nineteenth century, it's well worth confronting.
He had just moved back into the block after his latest broken marriage.
The blockbuster novel of last summer was "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn, a dark, psychological thriller about a broken marriage, told by warring spouses in alternating chapters.
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