broken in meaning

• Adjective: broken in
  1. Tamed or trained to obey
     "this old nag is well broken in"
     - broken

  See also: tame, tamed

• broken:    Adjective: broken& ...
• a broken reed:    [American slang]an ...
• broken arch:    Noun: broken arch& ...

Examples

1. marianne's feelings had then broken in.
2. these shoes have n't been broken in.
3. burglars had broken in which we were away on holiday.
4. broken in heart and numbed, he had nothing to hurry for.
5. mariane's feelings had then broken in and put an end to all regularity of detail.