Sentence examples for broke down upon from inspiring English sources
"She was quite distressed and in fact broke down upon arrival saying she couldn't do this," he said.
But Monjeza broke down upon hearing the ruling and was still sobbing as he was helped into the van.
When the verdict finally did come down, I happened to be watching CNN and, like many other people, my initial reaction at Candy Crowley and Poppy Harlow's sympathizing with the defendants as they broke down upon hearing themselves found guilty, was one of shock and indignation.
Instead, they break down upon reheating.
Don't forget this was when Aids was breaking down upon us all.
D-L Alvarez does something just as transformative, drawing from computerized images of Manson family members and Black Panthers that break down, upon magnification, into pixelated grids.
Language, then, must break down, upon analysis, into propositions that cannot be analyzed into any other simpler propositions; and, insofar as language mirrors reality, the world must then be composed of facts that are not constituted of other simpler facts.
The fructose, which is almost twice as sweet as glucose, is what distinguishes sugar from other carbohydrate-rich foods like bread or potatoes that break down upon digestion to glucose alone.
"He would perform the song again, he was sure of that," Bergner writes after Green nearly breaks down upon being cajoled by yet another group of wealthy white people to sing "Ol' Man River".
In that opening scene, Nancy, instead of breaking down upon realizing that she's the subject of gossip, or cracking under the strain of new widowhood, holds her own against the chattering asses and against Celia (Elizabeth Perkins), another mother who has a strong opinion on the soda question.
The development of Rupert Grint's Ron Weasley, which began in the last film, culminates in a truly impressive performance: a brief but painfully poignant scene where he breaks down upon witnessing a family tragedy leaves the cinema in eerie silence punctuated only by some sniffing.
