1. broken in - Adjective
2. broken in - Verb
3. broken in - Adjective Satellite
tamed or trained to obey
Source: WordNetbroken-in
Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear. Thomas Babington Macaulay
God save us all from people who do the morally right thing. It's always the rest of us who get broken in half. Paddy Chayefsky
I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute! Frederick Douglass
We need to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation. We have lost our way. And it begins with inspiration. It begins with leadership. Michelle Obama
My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can. Anne Brontë
No matter how often a pitcher goes to the water it is broken in the end. Irish Proverb