nervous breakdown
noun
: an attack of mental or emotional disorder especially when of sufficient severity to require hospitalization
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.
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The entire affair smelled like a quasi-constitutional coup attempt authored by a desperate head of state whose intensive bickering with the National Assembly over everything from budgets to investigations had induced a nervous breakdown.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
One Fort Lauderdale women’s book club member said at a recent meeting that the entire group described itself as having a collective nervous breakdown due to election stress.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2024
With that, Angelica ensures she’s got four enemies for life, all of whom are teetering on the precipice of a nervous breakdown.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
The Gutierrez brothers grew up in a low-income house with an alcoholic father who frequently beat both his sons and his wife, who at one point was hospitalized after a nervous breakdown, according to Diane Mosnik, a clinical neuropsychologist who evaluated Gutierrez in 2019.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 16 July 2024
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
One Fort Lauderdale women’s book club member said at a recent meeting that the entire group described itself as having a collective nervous breakdown due to election stress.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2024
With that, Angelica ensures she’s got four enemies for life, all of whom are teetering on the precipice of a nervous breakdown.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
The Gutierrez brothers grew up in a low-income house with an alcoholic father who frequently beat both his sons and his wife, who at one point was hospitalized after a nervous breakdown, according to Diane Mosnik, a clinical neuropsychologist who evaluated Gutierrez in 2019.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 16 July 2024
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“Nervous breakdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nervous%20breakdown. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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