Examples of nervous breakdown in a Sentence

She had a nervous breakdown shortly after her sister's death. He is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Recent Examples on the Web Beebe had taken over as the punt returner, after rookie K.J. Osborn had continued his campaign to give coach Mike Zimmer a nervous breakdown. — Patrick Reusse, Star Tribune, "Vikings' Don Beebe was the unrefined punt returner who gained redemption," 4 Dec. 2020 After the finger-slamming episode, Whitter suffered a nervous breakdown and was admitted to a Jackson Health System mental health treatment center, the suit states. — Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, "Transgender cashier claims torment by Publix co-workers put her in hospital," 18 Nov. 2020 Simply described, Malina is the story of a celebrated writer’s nervous breakdown and descent into madness. — J. Hoberman, The New York Review of Books, "Fall Films to Stream," 5 Nov. 2020 Plath’s stellar academic career at Smith College, a school for women in Northampton, Mass, was marred in the summer of 1953 by an unsettling guest editorship at Mademoiselle that led to a nervous breakdown and a suicide attempt. — Washington Post, "Heather Clark’s ‘Red Comet’ is an exhaustively researched, often brilliant biography of Sylvia Plath," 28 Oct. 2020 There's a great monstrous metaphor at play, yet Cummings is the real gem, making an appealing hero out of a dude always five minutes away from a nervous breakdown. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "What to stream this weekend: Netflix's 'The Forty-Year-Old Version,' 'Hubie Halloween'," 8 Oct. 2020 As the country experiences what feels more and more like a collective nervous breakdown, what better balm can there be than another season of Schitt's Creek? — Stuart Emmrich, Vogue, "Surprise! The Final Season of Schitt's Creek Is Now on Netflix," 3 Oct. 2020 The instantly notorious 90-minute bout played out on stage in Cleveland and on social media like something akin to a collective nervous breakdown rather than a reasonable discussion. — James Hibberd, EW.com, "Trump-Biden dumpster fire debate drops in ratings from 2016," 30 Sep. 2020 His options are to stew inside his own skull while his marker berates him into a nervous breakdown or to act out. — Emma Grey Ellis, Wired, "Hulu’s New Comedy Woke Is Perfectly Absurd," 11 Sep. 2020

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