Sentence examples for was broken over from inspiring English sources

He was stripped naked in public, his tunic was ripped and his pastoral staff was broken over his head.

James Baker, 46, said he had been sitting across the street when the accident occurred and that Mr. Hernandez's leg "looked like it was broken over his shoulder".

And it's ironic that on a night when the elder civil rights movement was essentially achieved, the new civil rights movement to give equal protection under the law to gays and lesbians was broken over the knee of bigotry.

The usual stillness of summer on the Seton Hall University campus here was broken over the weekend by news that a popular economics professor, his wife and their two children had been killed on Friday in a helicopter crash in Hawaii.

His insignia medals were stripped from him, his sword was broken over the knee of the degrader, and he was marched around the grounds in his ruined uniform to be jeered and spat at, while piteously declaring his innocence and his love of France above cries of "Jew" and "Judas!" It is a ceremony that seems to belong to some older, medieval Europe, of public torture and autos-da-fé and Inquisitions.

The Lakers played as if their collective spirit was broken over the persistent trade talks that have surrounded the team.

COTO BRUS, Costa Rica — Dawn is breaking over this remote upland region, where neat rows of coffee plants cover many of the hillsides.

The next I knew, dawn was breaking over the mountains and the bus was full of people.

Nor that Simons streaked translucent fabrics until it looked like a pink dawn was breaking over the organza.

Our hearts are broken over the loss of our dear friend.

Our hearts are broken over the sudden loss of our dear friend Marty.