How to Use breaking point in a Sentence

breaking point

noun
  • Keep in mind, there is a breaking point.
    — Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • And you get handled so much that there is a huge breaking point.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2021
  • But the breaking point for the couple was when the dog bit their son.
    — Danielle Campoamor, refinery29.com, 7 May 2021
  • Or did Fritz just drive them all to their breaking points as kids and adults?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The tension was just to the breaking point, and there's yelling, there's cussing.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2022
  • But what happened to Pegues pushed her to her breaking point.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • Could the fever of our true crime obsession be at the breaking point?
    — Sara Stewart, CNN, 7 Oct. 2022
  • What was the breaking point that led you to that decision?
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Edelson said the school appears to have reached a breaking point.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Pushed to her breaking point, Harleen is tired of playing by the rules.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The chip business was already stretched to the breaking point.
    — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 14 May 2022
  • In the dark crevices of the pandemic, our home and work lives have bent to breaking point.
    — Sherry Walling, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Without plea deals for those charges, the court backlog would build up to a breaking point.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2024
  • What's the price increase breaking point for shoppers?
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • How the Fever respond could be the breaking point of the season.
    — J.l. Kirven, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2021
  • The fundraiser appears to have been a breaking point for Clooney.
    — Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
  • The breaking point for the two occured the night of Molly's work event.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • What was the breaking point in both of those relationships?
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Ford, who is a native Ohioan, said Rice’s death was a breaking point for her.
    — Allissa V. Richardson, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Bradt is far from alone — and the more families that are at the breaking point, the more women have to lose.
    — NBC News, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Steadily over the years, pitchers — and hitters, too — have slowed the pace of play to the breaking point.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The pandemic has united the globe in grief and pushed survivors to the breaking point.
    — NBC News, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Separate research has shown that half of workers are at breaking point right now.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Can the Phoenix Suns stay hot and push the Clippers to a breaking point?
    — oregonlive, 25 June 2021
  • The big battle with Conquest was the breaking point for Mark, right?
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 17 June 2025
  • Are the Chicago Bulls reaching a breaking point with the fifth-year wing?
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Windows is at breaking point, and Microsoft knows it.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The next day, Micah reached a breaking point and brought the source of their tension up with Olivia.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2022
  • One of them told me the breaking point with KVN was an antisemitic slur.
    — Simon Shuster, TIME, 4 Jan. 2024
  • For English club teams and the national side, there is a sense that players are at breaking point.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026

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