breaking point
Example Sentences
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The hospitals along the northern coastline are at breaking point.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
High interest rates and a chronic shortage of inventory have pushed the U.S. housing market to a breaking point.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
"The country needs order, and is reaching breaking point," the 58-year-old leader said at a public event in La Paz, renewing his appeal for dialogue.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
The town of 30,000 reached a breaking point.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
It stretches plausibility to the breaking point that he would have decided to deliver one as important as this off the cuff.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
