nervous breakdown
Example Sentences
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In my mid 60s, I found myself divorced and on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
It’s the closest O’Hara gets to playing the straight man, if a straight man was a mother on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
He married and divorced three times, having a nervous breakdown after splitting from third wife Peggy Lipton.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024
In the mostly forgotten 1990 film "Crazy People," Dudley Moore's character, an advertising executive, has a nervous breakdown and starts creating brutally honest ads.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2024
She had come to Yancy halfway through the year, when our last math teacher had a nervous breakdown.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
