Sentence examples for are breakdowns from inspiring English sources
noun
A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed
- We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.
Sometimes where there are breakdowns they may be left overnight.
It says it is ready, if there are breakdowns, to count up to 30% of the vote by hand.
Mathias Kiwanuka, a defensive end, said that Pierce was telling players their assignments and that "if there are communication problems, it is not Pierce, but there are breakdowns somewhere else".
There are breakdowns in their concentration and focus and those are the type of errors you can't afford at this level".
Our objective is to control the system so that: 1) when there are breakdowns, the system can continue producing parts of some types whose production does not need any failed resources; and 2) given the correction of all faults, it is possible to complete all the on-going part instances remaining in the system.
Typically they are breakdowns in a process that hinge on successful operation of contiguous steps.
Bands below 31 kDa are breakdown products of tagged TEDs.
"There were breakdowns all over the place," Tyree said.
There were breakdowns, suicide attempts, spells in asylums.
"Even when you're working hard, there can be breakdowns".
"There can be breakdowns, and even capsizing or sinking".
