breaking point
Example Sentences
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It fractured under the same stretching conditions, indicating that viscosity is a key factor in this solid-like breaking behavior and suggesting that many simple liquids may share a similar breaking point.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
That breaking point is a price above $4 a gallon, and “we’ll soon be there,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
When Constanze reaches her breaking point, Mozart’s imbecility is exposed as fragility.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
Likewise, “united thoughts and counsels” stretches the notion of collective responsibility to the breaking point.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
