breakneck

• “The desire to pass such a huge plan of enormous financial proportions in breakneck time is both arrogant and dangerous.”

  Congresswoman says some senators 'Neanderthals'

• “The Warriors closed to 38-27 after one quarter and 73-64 at halftime as the teams raced up and down the court in breakneck fashion.”

  National Basketball Association - Kings vs. Warriors

• “Combining a fascinating world with a population of interesting characters and a pace best described as breakneck, culminating with nail-biting action and a surprising denouement, the first novel in the Clockwork Century grabs your attention and refuses to let go.”

  Today In Fantasy: March 2, 2010

• “In a city with a pace that can easily be described as breakneck, I'd never seen anything like it: throngs of smiling people strolling leisurely during such a gray and chilly month, looking around with wonder and discussing the same topic.”

  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

• “As Davis noted, O'Malley moved at "breakneck" speed Sunday, attending church services and then continuing a Baltimore tradition by riding around to get-out-the-vote rallies in a caravan of more than a dozen dump trucks.”

  The Washington Post: First Click, MarylandOne more day to motivate supporters

• “[Stricker] said that the reason Google holds events like this one was that "we hear from a lot of you that with the kind of breakneck pace of innovation that we go through at Google, it's nice for us to kind of let you catch your breath.”

  The Huffington Post: Is Google Arrogant Or Humble?

• “Perhaps I should learn to slow down, because I'm not used to living life at such a "breakneck" pace.”

  babycartercl Diary Entry

• “The car licked forward with a screech from the expensive radial tires put on for precisely this kind of breakneck situation.”

  Black Friday

• “Now Tom, who resolved to make an impression, as it is termed, was dressed in the newest and most fashionable morning visit costume, drove up to the hall-door at that kind of breakneck pace with which your celebrated whips delight to astonish the multitude, and throwing the reins to a servant, desired, if he knew how to pace the horse up and down, to do so; otherwise to remember that he had a neck.”

  The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One

• “Internet users have learned about the iPad at "breakneck" speed and already have as much awareness about the Apple tablet as they do about Amazon's popular Kindle e-reader, according to a new survey.”

  InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs

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