breakneck

Example Sentences

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But the economic policies paved the way for breakneck growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

“One Battle After Another” moves with breakneck speed, its 162 minutes going by in a flash.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

In their past two meetings with Celtic they had started slowly, but now they were moving at breakneck pace.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

And if they had, it was quickly overshadowed by something else in our breakneck news cycle, like FBI director Kash Patel chugging beer with the gold medal–winning men’s hockey team.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

It will be a story at the mercy of this new breakneck century.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day