Sentence examples for something of a breakdown from inspiring English sources

He has finally begun to confront his issues and – after having something of a breakdown at work – has been diagnosed with social anxiety disorder.

Fiennes takes the lead in Adrian Noble's Chichester Festival revival of Terence Rattigan's play Ross, which finds Lawrence home from the desert after something of a breakdown and living under an alias as an officer in the RAF.

At this level, this is a fairly explosive statement and would suggest something of a breakdown in relations.

Linda's estranged daughter Julie (Mamie Gummer) is having something of a breakdown, because her husband has left her for someone else.

I just had like … frankly, something of a nervous breakdown.

In the 70s, however, the country experienced "something of a nervous breakdown" and a mood of resilient pessimism set in.

At the national championships that year she had something of a mental breakdown on the balance beam, balking at her dismount twice before finally doing it.

Maybe something like a breakdown.

"It's 'Spinal Tap' meets sad Scorsese meets 'Anvil.' It's more of a breakdown of this man who thought he was going to be something else".

I had a bit of a breakdown.

This is a symptom of a breakdown in informal dialogue.