as in breakdown
a mental or nervous collapse
you're going to have a nervous breakdown if you keep up that pace
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Recent Examples of nervous breakdown
It’s pitched right in the actor’s sweet spot, between acerbic wit and rapidly approaching a nervous breakdown.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2024
This woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown is running the line like the Navy.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024
This is not one of those melodramatic movies where the mother has a nervous breakdown after the husband, unable to handle the pressure of kids, takes off with his personal assistant.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2024
With The Coin, Zaher creates a hypnotic portrait of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 22 May 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2024
This woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown is running the line like the Navy.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024
This is not one of those melodramatic movies where the mother has a nervous breakdown after the husband, unable to handle the pressure of kids, takes off with his personal assistant.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2024
With The Coin, Zaher creates a hypnotic portrait of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 22 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for nervous breakdown
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“Nervous breakdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nervous%20breakdown. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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