Sentence examples for we were broken of from inspiring English sources

I understand that we'd like to imagine fine athletes exhibiting fine behavior off the field of competition; it's a fantasy I thought we were broken of in 1970, when Jim Bouton's "Ball Four" came out.

We tried to keep the family traditions going but we were broken, unsure of how to pull together again.

One of the reasons we're breaking out of this mold is that there are labels like Tooth & Nail and Squint, who are putting out music with creative artists, not a copying sensibility.

"We're innovating, we're changing, we're breaking out of the office," said Nelson, "and changing our business strategy to be more reflective of what's needed in the market".

"We were breaking 90% of the German traffic through '41 to '45.

"They did a brilliant job, we were breaking 90% of the German traffic through '41 to '45.

"We were breaking 90% of the German traffic through '41 to '45", Capt Roberts recalled in one interview.

"We were breaking a lot of furniture, so we decided to come here," he said.

"We were breaking thin sheets of ice while paddling," he said.

The fact that we were breaking ground wasn't part of the equation yet.

We were breaking down...in the middle of nowhere.