At last I wore him clean out, and he lay down, broken-winded, broken-hearted, hungry, and thirsty. ❋ Unknown (2010)
He will get there, but with broken-winded soldiers, fit for nothing. ❋ Philippa Gregory (2009)
Nor should it be forgotten, that in order to be in thorough efficiency the horses must not only be well fed and in good condition, but at the same time so seasoned by toil that they will go through their work without the risk of becoming broken-winded. ❋ Unknown (2007)
I remember we took the carriages from the Vladimirsky; they were very old, and painted blue, with round springs, and a wide box-seat, and bundles of hay inside; the brown, broken-winded horses that drew us along at a slow trot were each lame in a different leg. ❋ Unknown (2006)
During the delivery of this little speech, uncle Jacob had been sobbing and panting like a broken-winded horse; and when Mary had done, he rushed up to her and kissed her, and held her tight in his arms. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Pyetushkov began smoking; the pipe wheezed like a broken-winded horse. ❋ Unknown (2006)
On September 15th we reached the top of the ascent which, from its many ups and downs, had often made us puff and blow as if broken-winded. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Had I not contrived to pass off a poggado bav engro — a broken-winded horse — at a fair, I at this moment should be without a tringoruschee piece in my pocket. ❋ Unknown (2004)
North saw that he was bent on treading out the round of his familiar thoughts like an old broken-winded horse. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Pump-room, I saw a broken-winded Wapping landlady squeeze through a circle of peers, to salute her brandy-merchant, who stood by the window, propped upon crutches; and a paralytic attorney of ❋ Unknown (2004)
He was glad to talk to the gentleman, especially because while they were talking his broken-winded white horse and the emaciated spavined one could go at a foot-pace, which they always liked to do. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The magpies flutter from willow to willow; peasant women with long rakes in their hands wander in the fields; a man in a threadbare nankin overcoat, with a wicker pannier over his shoulder, trudges along with weary step; a heavy country coach, harnessed with six tall, broken-winded horses, rolls to meet you. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The next day he turned out to be broken-winded and lame. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The German noted the page, got up, put the book in his pocket, and with some difficulty mounted his bob-tailed, broken-winded mare, who neighed and kicked at the slightest touch; Arhip shook himself, gave a tug at both reins at once, swung his legs, and at last succeeded in starting his torpid and dejected nag. ❋ Unknown (2003)
His master, Moses Carver, came in search of his property and succeeded in recovering the infant George by giving a broken-winded racehorse valued at $300 for him. ❋ J. A. Rogers (1947)
If they ever praise each other's bad drawings, or broken-winded novels, or spavined verses, nobody ever supposed it was from admiration; it was simply a contract between themselves and a publisher or dealer. ❋ Various (N/A)
