broached's Usage Examples:

As soon as Dean was alone with Gladys, between her second and third helping of Cynthia's pancakes, he broached the subject of the annoying alarm.

I broached the subject of Howie, seeking his opinion.

We were an hour into our drive south before I broached the subject, asking her about the tete-a-tete.

So, that evening at supper she broached the subject.

The potential effects of the decision on family law or commercial leases were not broached.

It was in Armenia, while on his expedition against Persia, in 622 that, in an interview with Paul, the head of the Severians (Monophysites) there, Heraclius first broached the doctrine of the µia EvEp-yECa of Christ, i.e.

They'd never made official application for custody, but when they broached the subject with the authorities it was met with less than enthusiasm.

Giustiniani explains that he had to make proposals to the cardinal before he broached them to Henry, lest Wolsey "should resent the precedence conceded to the king."

Finally he broached a subject almost as painful.

He took a few sips and finally broached the subject.

Synonyms:

tapped, abroach,

Antonyms:

undeveloped, unexploited, untapped,