broad
[brɔːd]
Definition:
1. Wide.
2. Including a great variety of people or things.
3. General; not detailed.
4. Slang term for a woman.
'broad' example sentence:
- The ground fell away in a broad sweep down to the river.
- His shoulders were broad and his waist narrow.
- The agreement won broad support in the U.S. Congress.
- A broad shouldered man wearing a dinner jacket swaggered confidently up to the bar.
- All these different ideas can be subsumed under just two broad categories.
- Drugs are sold unashamedly in broad daylight.
- He is tall, broad and muscular.
- The fat, broad tyres had a good depth of tread.
- The skipper pushed the boat hard, creating a broad white backwash at our stern.
- A broad valley opened up leading to a high, flat plateau of cultivated land.
- The demonstration provided a platform for a broad cross-section of speakers.
- He was tall and broad with humped shoulders.
- A girl was attacked on a train in broad daylight.
- Okay, that's the broad plan ─ let's get down to the specifics.
- The hills rise green and sheer above the broad river.
- I like to think I'm broad-minded.
- He was following a broad trail through the trees.
- Ministers expressed broad support for the Franco-German plan.
- The lesson from all of this is perhaps a broader one.
- Belmont Park is a broad sweeping track which will suit the European style of running.
- There is broad support for the government's policies.
- He's giving a broad brush approach to the subject.
- He had a broad swarthy face.
- He used his broad executive powers to nullify decisions by local governments.
- Her broad deck seemed crowded with people.
- The agreement won broad support in the US Congress.
- These documents provided a broad outline of the Society's development.
- These forests cover a broad span of latitudes.
- The negotiators were in broad agreement on the main issues.
- She had been mugged in the street in broad daylight.
- The party must adopt more inclusive strategies and a broader vision.
- In broad daylight the events of the night before seemed like a bad dream.
- He greeted them with a wave and a broad smile.
- The robbery occurred in broad daylight, in a crowded street.
- All of us are in broad agreement on this matter.
- It was beyond my ability to grind a blade this broad.
- A broad range of issues was discussed.
- He's giving a broad-brush approach to the subject.
- She gave a broad grin.
- In this section we contrast four possible broad approaches.
- The demonstration provided a platform for a broad cross section of speakers.
- It rapidly became apparent that rock'n'roll was a very broad church indeed.
- In broad terms, the paper argues that each country should develop its own policy.
- These policies have a broad base of support.
- The movie mixes broad humor with romance.