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
The court heard details of the defendant's mental health issues, including a nervous breakdown in the 1990s.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
When a nervous breakdown resulted in hospitalization, the author found she could no longer read her own life.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025
He married and divorced three times, having a nervous breakdown after splitting from third wife Peggy Lipton.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024
Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset on a fine summer’s day.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
