broken in
Speech parts
1. broken in - Adjective
2. broken in - Verb
3. broken in - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
tamed or trained to obey
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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.
God save us all from people who do the morally right thing. It's always the rest of us who get broken in half.
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!
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.
My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can.
No matter how often a pitcher goes to the water it is broken in the end.