backbreaker

Example Sentences

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“Fifty percent layoffs is a potential backbreaker for Twitter,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2022

By the end, there were too many straws on the Lakers’ backs, and Davis’s groin injury proved to be the backbreaker.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2021

After Rittich stonewalled numerous Carolina rushes in the third, Hanifin provided the backbreaker with 6:55 to go.

From Washington Times • Feb. 3, 2019

An absolute backbreaker that led to that A+ Harbaugh flip-out, "DANG IT."

From Golf Digest • Apr. 10, 2018

Seabiscuit would carry 114 pounds, probably not as few as Smith had hoped for, but no backbreaker either.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand