Sentence examples for even a broken watch from inspiring English sources

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It reminds me of the saying that even a broken watch is right twice a day.

(He sometimes acknowledges as much, saying that a faulty — that is, a non-originalist — method can occasionally produce good results, a Scalian variation on "Even a broken watch is right twice a day").

(He sometimes acknowledges as much, saying that a faulty that is, a non-originalist method canon-originalist method good results, a Scanian variatioccasionallya broken watch is right twice a day").

Even a broken watch shows the correct time twice a day, n'est-ce pas?

But, as the old cliché goes, even a broken watch gives the correct time twice per day.

"You know the old saying: Even a broken watch is right twice a day," I told Brenda, who gave me a candy watch.

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There were some marbles, a couple of carved figurines, a broken watch, a pocket knife.

And, of course, a broken watch makes being fashionably late that much easier.

Another note attached to a broken watch told of the date it stopped working.

Have you heard the phrase "even a broken clock is right twice per day"?

However, even a broken clock is right twice a day.

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