Verb (used with object) : to broach a subject. ,to broach beer from a keg.    From Dictionary.com. 

It was the morning of the Duchess of Devonshire's rout that Carstares again broached the subject.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century] Reference

Even the notion of a bankruptcy of Greece was broached, which is nonsense for countries: they restructure their debt but never go bankrupt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Georges Ugeux: Why it Is Not Smart to Short the Euro] Reference

"Well, I am glad you 'broached' it to me; I shall --".    From Wordnik.com.  [An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada] Reference

Never was there a more impracticable theory broached.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference

She was sorry she had not broached the subject at supper.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference

We broached our last bottle to battle the chilling element.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference

She wore a dress of bright red flame broached in black lace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dolls] Reference

After some time, he had tentatively broached a conversation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Road-trip] Reference

Plastic surgery is a subject often broached in the programme.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies is in rude health] Reference

Then the president broached the subject of health-care reform.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death Rattle For Health Reform] Reference

Laurel agreed with him, and presently they broached the matter to.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference

They had discussed many other topics before this subject was broached.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference

She broached the subject to her mother again but was dismissed with a curt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicken Little Jane] Reference

It did, as the theatrical manager stated, when the subject was broached to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast] Reference

In an interview earlier this year, for example, Ebdon broached one such subject.    From Wordnik.com.  [Could Peter Ebdon become snooker's unlikely saviour?] Reference

She summoned her sweetest and most guileless smile as she broached the subject, but.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judy of York Hill] Reference

But now that the idea was broached the work was entered into with great earnestness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference

The caller broached the reason for her visit at once, when she saw Mr. Starkweather.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference

A week or so ago, Larry King broached the possibility that all stalkers are mentally ill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert David Jaffee: Mental-Health Checkup on Media Coverage] Reference

Riggleman also broached the idea of Zimmermann making his debut before September arrives.    From Wordnik.com.  [For now, Jason Marquis remains in the Nationals rotation] Reference

During a regular work conversation, Griffin broached the subject of the potential lawsuit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Accidental Activists] Reference

No chance of their being broached, unless to grace the funeral feast of the lord of the manor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference

I had never broached any subject to her that required to be spoken of reservedly or discreetly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference

Breen hasn't yet broached the subject of trying to get his newspaper to expense Operation Tarball.    From Wordnik.com.  [WORKING IN OILS: Pulitzer winner STEVE BREEN visits Gulf to create 'spill' cartoons out of BP's own crude] Reference

This wasn't the first time Boehner had broached the idea of raising Social Security's retirement age.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boehner, Pence: Raising Social Security Retirement Age An Option] Reference

The uncertainty over the budget outlook can't be dispelled until these issues are broached and settled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memo To Dole: It's Not 1980] Reference

 The clearing ofRoy's throat alerted Maggie that a topic rich with importance was about to be broached.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whites in Hot Water] Reference

Instead, Moynihan learned that some subjects were simply not to be broached -- not by certain people, anyway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Long After The Alarm Went Off] Reference

What about the idea, broached by Clinton aides earlier, of a bipartisan commission on spending, led by Kerrey?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whew!] Reference

But, when he broached this subject, he had the mortification to find that she was less impatient than himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

President Obama broached the topic at a Washington gala dinner in 2009, singling Boehner out in a black-tie crowd.    From Wordnik.com.  [White House Makes Boehner A Household Name] Reference

He appeared to pay no attention to me, but, warned by my tone, soon broached the subject that had brought him to me.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Finally, Clinton has broached, however timidly and imperfectly, sensitive issues that need to be discussed more openly.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Plan Too Slick] Reference

When an old friend, lobbyist Tom Korologos, stopped by for a chat in mid-April, Dole slyly broached the topic of resignation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dress-Down Dole] Reference

In the course of that meeting, Crist broached an idea that took the industry representatives by surprise: buying out U.S. Sugar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saving the Everglades] Reference

As for Judge Keith's demand that Chavis resign, Gibson used a dentist's analogy when Keith first broached the subject months ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trial By Fire At The Naacp] Reference

Touring the nation to sell his plan, he even broached the possibility that he might consider a European-style national sales tax.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton's Revolution] Reference

The question of succession has yet to be broached and Moore Sr is still a sturdy 54 but Jamie has given the situation some thought.    From Wordnik.com.  [Champion jockey Ryan Moore survives ordeal at family stable's open day] Reference

One idea broached was expanding the number of networks that rotate carrying the awards, according to the people familiar with the meeting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Viewership Remains Flat for the Emmys] Reference