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UK
/bɹˈeɪknɛk/
]
[ US /ˈbɹeɪkˌnɛk/ ]
[ US /ˈbɹeɪkˌnɛk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
moving at very high speed
a breakneck pace
How To Use breakneck In A Sentence
- The two of them flew towards each other at breakneck speeds, like knights jousting.
- Most of these milestones involve learning and honing a technical skill such as boning a chicken or mincing garlic with the back of a knife at a breakneck speed - a vital skill that I have yet to accomplish or making a certain dish or component of one. Archive 2008-07-01
- After a few more minutes of trudging alone I saw Nick's car hurtling along the road at breakneck speed.
- The fog, though, doesn't slow the vessel down, as it skims across a calm sea at breakneck speed.
- Forget the track and the horses hurtling by at breakneck speed; the real beasts were here in the stands.
- Set in 1958, the screwball plot involves false identities and a literary hoax, chock-full of distinctive wisecracks delivered at breakneck speed.
- Reggie spoke rapidly, gradually speeding up even more, to race through the explanation at breakneck pace. WEEKEND FOR MURDER
- The breakneck speed of the advance has disguised thus far how thin on the ground the allies are.
- Your level of enjoyment depends on how much you invest in the lyrics and metaphors - Saul's observations come flying at breakneck speeds and require undivided attention, rendering the album unlistenable as background music.
- Neither do I. Tradition is being manufactured at breakneck pace.