Sentence examples for was breakdown from inspiring English sources
noun
A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed
- We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.
Probably the greatest problem cited by voters was breakdown of voting machines in several precincts.
What happened then – Gauguin quitting and the incident of the mutilated earlobe – was breakdown.
Michael Landy's most famous previous work was Breakdown 2001, in which he used an industrial shredder to destroy all his possessions.
The most frequent complication was breakdown followed by postoperative fistula formation [45].
Then Sunday afternoon was breakdown, deliver the lighting gear and sound stuff back to the rental places, deliver the staging back to the studios, take down the marquee and maybe fall asleep some time on Monday or Tuesday morning.
The approximal surface lesions had reached a stage of progression where there was breakdown of the overlying marginal ridge.
Bands below 31 kDa are breakdown products of tagged TEDs.
Sometimes where there are breakdowns they may be left overnight.
"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".
