Sentence examples for quiet breakdown from inspiring English sources

He suffers a quiet breakdown.

Emma has a quiet breakdown.

As Roxie's neglected husband, Kevin Chamberlin turns "Mr. Cellophane" into an affectingly quiet nervous breakdown that really belongs in another show.

In The Private Lives of Pippa Lee – an indie melodrama written and directed by Rebecca Miller, who also wrote the novel – Wright Penn stars as a woman on the verge of "a very quiet nervous breakdown".

President Obama campaigned on net neutrality, and yet the White House has been surprisingly quiet on the issue since the breakdown of FCC negotiations and in the wake of Google and Verizon's joint policy proposal.

Analysts said it was fortunate that the breakdown occurred during the relatively quiet holiday period, with business activity light and markets mostly quiet.

It was never likely to be quiet in east Ukraine yesterday, after the breakdown of peace talks to which neither side appeared particularly committed.

He is recovering from a nervous breakdown, and adapts readily to the quiet country, his log cabin.

By wrecking Wales's lineout, England kept Jamie Roberts quiet; by moving the ball speedily from the breakdown, they forced Wales to drift in defence more than blitz, and broke tackles; at the breakdown they overpowered Wales, who were forced to slow the ball down and concede penalties; and Anthony Watson won the battle of the skies.

Following a health breakdown, he lived with Primrose in quiet poverty until his final illness.

The outcome of the talks — or their breakdown — could well determine whether Washington will be able to quiet Israeli threats that it could take military action this year.