nervous breakdown
Example Sentences
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In my mid 60s, I found myself divorced and on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
She explained she was in financial ruin as a result of the scam, and how she "almost had a nervous breakdown".
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
It’s the closest O’Hara gets to playing the straight man, if a straight man was a mother on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
Following a nervous breakdown in 2018, he left both the seminary and the conversion therapy group.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2024
It was so bad that Heinck was worried he was going to have a nervous breakdown.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
