breakneck

Example Sentences

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“One Battle After Another” moves with breakneck speed, its 162 minutes going by in a flash.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

In the announcement, OpenAI cited a series of user metrics pointing to a breakneck pace of AI adoption.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

And if they had, it was quickly overshadowed by something else in our breakneck news cycle, like FBI director Kash Patel chugging beer with the gold medal–winning men’s hockey team.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

Not caution to the wind, but ambition and daring and breakneck speed.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Finally, she found herself spread out on the backseat of an off-grid car that Scythe Curie drove at what seemed to Citra to be a breakneck speed.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman