Sentence examples for sum broke from inspiring English sources
Descartes' cogito ergo sum broke new philosophical ground by locating the source of all certain knowledge in the thinking self, and providing an account of human understanding that was independent of God.
As he studied for the bar exam, I booked our flights and rooms, no small sum for two broke law students.
To sum up: "Star Wars" was broke, and it did need fixing.
Holmes (crediting Kerouac) gave this postwar generation its adjective: "A man is beat whenever he goes for broke and wagers the sum of his resources on a single number; and the young generation has done that continually from early youth".
It certainly felt like like a large sum to us who'd been broke for years.
Obama's presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012 broke records for the enormous sums they collected from individual donors who gave small-dollar amounts.
But the project had cost him the colossal sum of £15,000 and within a decade he was broke.
To ride out the tough times, independent financial advisers recommend drip-feeding money into the markets each month or quarter, rather than going for broke and ploughing in a large lump sum on one specific day.
It's a hefty sum for a government we're constantly told is broke – and needs to cut everything from air traffic controllers to Medicare, and from meals for needy seniors to public defenders and housing aid.
