Sentences with breakdown
break·down
B b - ...the breakdown of talks between the U.S. and E.U. officials. [+ of]
- My personal life was terrible. My mother had died, and a couple of years later I had a breakdown.
- Her old car was unreliable, so the trip was plagued by breakdowns.
- The organisers were given a breakdown of the costs. [+ of]
- Her old car was unreliable, so the trip was plagued by breakdowns.
- We're trying to prevent a total breakdown of relations between the two parties.
- They often seem depressed and close to emotional breakdown.
- Can you give me a breakdown of the hours you spent on this job?
- breakdown of a machine, of authority, etc.
- Due to resonance, a very high voltage can develop across the secondary, until it is limited by some process such as electrical breakdown.Breakdown is a rapid reduction in the resistance of an electrical insulator that can lead to a spark jumping around or through the insulator.Breakdown is the sudden transition from a high to a low dynamic resistance in a semiconductor device.
- We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.
- After so much stress, he suffered a breakdown and simply gave up.
- Looking at the breakdown of the budget, I see a few items we could cut.
- Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.
- 'Foggy Mountain Breakdown'