emotional collapse

Example Sentences

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Both the local police and Kongsberg’s district psychiatric care center are being investigated for possible lapses in their dealings with Mr. Brathen during his apparent emotional collapse.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2021

Sinclair’s book told the tale of an immigrant family’s toil in Chicago’s slaughterhouses, tracing the family’s physical, financial and emotional collapse.

From The Guardian • May 7, 2019

Two years later, he was teaching at the University of Illinois-Chicago when he was hospitalized for an emotional collapse.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2017

Painfully earnest and yet cringingly self-congratulatory, they all follow Gilbert’s road to redemption — an emotional collapse, a spiritual journey, a self-affirming conclusion — in the most prosaic way possible.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2016

Uncle Bob was on the verge of an emotional collapse.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith