breaking point
Example Sentences
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That tension reached a breaking point in September 1971, when Lin allegedly attempted a botched coup before dying in a mysterious plane crash in the Mongolian desert while fleeing to the Soviet Union.
“At some point, we reach the breaking point,” he said.
When Constanze reaches her breaking point, Mozart’s imbecility is exposed as fragility.
From Los Angeles Times
“At some point, we reached a breaking point. We are there.”
From Los Angeles Times
An adoptive mother says she is reaching "breaking point" caring for her daughter who has "significant trauma", and has called for more support for adoptive families.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
