emotional collapse
Example Sentences
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In his 20s, he suffered a physical and emotional collapse at the RSC and, for a while, directed from a day-bed in the rehearsal room.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 12, 2017
Two years later, he was teaching at the University of Illinois-Chicago when he was hospitalized for an emotional collapse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2017
Painfully earnest and yet cringingly self-congratulatory, they all follow Gilbert’s road to redemption — an emotional collapse, a spiritual journey, a self-affirming conclusion — in the most prosaic way possible.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2016
There is a palpable hysteria to his playing; each note trembles, as if he has recently suffered an emotional collapse of unknowable magnitude.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2014
Uncle Bob was on the verge of an emotional collapse.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
