Example sentences for: breakneck

How can you use “breakneck” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Compare the breakneck growth of the Web with that of any new medium of the past 150 years: the telegraph, the telephone, the motion picture, radio, television, cable TV, and the VCR.

  • It's as if a car could run at breakneck speed even if the engine was corroded and missing some parts."

  • Some say the results are good: Sure, it's "Pulp Fiction Jr.," but "the intoxicating brashness of youth--and not graphic gore, language and violence--is what keeps Go moving" (Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today ). The highlights of the film are young actors Sarah Polley and Taye Diggs, as well as the breakneck pace of the three intertwining plot lines, each full of vigorous thrill-seeking youngsters.

  • On the other hand, a fill-in-the-blanks tax application doesn't require breakneck performance, so a Java version that can run on almost any computer might be desirable.

  • The picture becomes increasingly clear to him: Supply is growing at a breakneck pace, and there just isn't enough consumer demand to go around.


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