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a mental or nervous collapse
you're going to have a nervous breakdown if you keep up that pace
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Broke and suffering a nervous breakdown, the title character moves in with her sister (Sally Hawkins) and blows up her life, too, affecting relationships and finally ending up with the only person who'll deal with her.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
It’s pitched right in the actor’s sweet spot, between acerbic wit and rapidly approaching a nervous breakdown.
—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
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
It’s pitched right in the actor’s sweet spot, between acerbic wit and rapidly approaching a nervous breakdown.
—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
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 29 Nov. 2024.
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