Sentence examples for was close to breakdown from inspiring English sources

I was close to breakdown.

The fearsome Clinton machine appeared to be close to breakdown.

Although the talks are not thought to be close to breakdown, they have been sluggish as delegates have appeared to feel little sense of urgency.

Nevertheless, relations with the Department for Work and Pensions appear to be close to breakdown amid persistent criticism over the quality of its assessments.

Less than a month after President Obama put the imprimatur of a White House ceremony on renewed Israeli-Palestinian talks, the negotiations are close to breakdown.

It is 1 September 1843 and 27-year-old Brontë is close to breakdown, having been left alone during the dragging summer holidays at the Brussels boarding school where she has been working as a student teacher for the past two years.

Coalition talks are close to breakdown over whether the government will exercise its opt-out of more than 130 EU police and criminal justice measures, the Guardian has learned.

The intervention by the two prominent pro-Europeans in a House of Lords debate on Europe came amid signs that coalition talks are close to breakdown over whether Britain will exercise its opt-out of EU police and criminal justice measures.

The pressure of this, along with having to adjust from being an independent woman to someone needing daily support, caused my physical and mental health to disintegrate until I was close to a breakdown.

It was easy to discern that he was close to a nervous breakdown".

I was close to a nervous breakdown after weeks of non-stop tantrums - it was impossible to take him anywhere as he might decide to run away in the store, throw stones at people in the park, steal something, or jump out of the car.