Sentence examples for breakdown a few from inspiring English sources

Brutally hazed in the barracks, he had a breakdown a few weeks after conscription.

A personal crisis precipitated a breakdown a few years later, and a cruel hiatus when nature – plant life above all – ceased to sustain Mabey as it had previously.

He found fame of a different sort in 1995, when Stephen Fry absconded from the set of his two-hander, Cell Mates, after suffering a dramatic breakdown a few days into the run.

The LHC had a much-publicised launch in 2008 and an equally public breakdown a few days later.

Another friend of mine whose fiancé suffered a major breakdown a few years back, talked to me about how things move on.

This physical breakdown a few hundred meters from the top of Col de la Seigne, however, was my vulnerability because it showed me that even the people with the most intense desire to hid their weakness from the world can be brought to their knees.

Many thought they were going mad; some suffered breakdowns; a few killed themselves.

From a breakdown just a few metres out Laidlaw dived over for the Scots first try and added the conversion from in front of the posts.

A few calories over was cause for a breakdown, and a few calories under was cause for celebration.

However, at lower PD values, nanoparticle seeding appeared to cause only a slightly reduced breakdown threshold of a few percent compared to the 'clean' dry air case.

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