stone broke
Example Sentences
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But the heroes of “The Beaux’ Stratagem” – two well-mannered but stone-broke gentlemen in search of marriageable heiresses – are far more respectful of the opposite sex than the love-‘em-and-leave-‘em 007 usually is.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2015
Betty had fetched up on the rectory doorstep last February, stone-broke and despondent about four divorces and a dead-end acting career.
From Time Magazine Archive
But a stone-broke Evans has lost her home.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Then you aren't absolutely stone-broke," said Sissie, smiling.
From Mr. Prohack by Bennett, Arnold
Well, when she came to the door that morning, I told her so, and that I was stone-broke; and she took me right in, and fetched out the pie.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
