breaking point

Example Sentences

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“They’re caring for their loved ones, work, kids, families and friends, and it can take them to the breaking point.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"I think, from what he's told me, he just reached breaking point with it," she said.

From BBC

The SNA, always stretched thin, has been pushed to breaking point, say analysts.

From Barron's

“What the study of history tells you is that we’ve always been divided,” Burns explained, allowing that every time we’ve arrived at a breaking point, it feels new.

From Salon

Stokes was superb in the series against India in the home summer, only to push himself to breaking point.

From BBC