Examples of 'brittle' in a sentence
Meaning of "brittle"
brittle (adjective): Hard but liable to break or shatter easily. It is often used to describe food items like cookies or can also refer to the character of a person. For example, 'Be careful with those cookies, they are very brittle.'
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- Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact.
- Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
- Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
- Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
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Tungsten carbide is brittle and can be chipped.
Brittle bones from her thyroid condition.
Her bones were brittle from the disease.
Brittle went into further detail in the settlement.
Metals can become brittle at low temperatures.
The brittle fracture tests were in three groups.
Your esophagus becomes brittle and it dissolves.
The brittle component is arranged in a helical pattern.
Roots of cuttings are brittle and easily damaged.
A brittle material will break before it yields.
The torso is brittle to the touch and.
Brittle failure may occur at subsonic velocity.
The dress was too brittle to be practical however.
Brittle fingernails are another sign of this deficiency.
Article discussing brittle fracture in great detail.
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The cold makes my plastic body brittle.
Damaged or brittle extension leads must not be.
Kinds of cookies and homemade peanut brittle.
They are brittle sheets and rather fragile.
Hurry up and eat your peanut brittle.
Farneseite is brittle and has conchoidal fracture.
Carbide is a very hard but brittle material.
The flesh is brittle whether dried or fresh.
Too much at once makes a ladle brittle.
Affected stems are brittle and easily broken.
For brittle materials crushing can be used.
The rings become brittle in cold weather.
That brittle defensiveness is a symptom of lack of confidence.
The roots are fibrous and branches are brittle.
It is considered brittle and its streak is white.
Dehydrated produce must be hard and brittle.
There are brittle stars growing on these corals.
For that he followed a policy of brittle coalitions.
With brittle hair to comb and braid.
Covers only dry and brittle products.
Valuable or brittle items should be taken to a professional.
Nobody wants to jump on my brittle old bones.
Dry and brittle hair is difficult to prevent.
And shorten or prolong our brittle course.
After drying a brittle solid compound is obtained.
I have always prided myself on brittle dialogue.
Very brittle and thin outer crust.
These things are super brittle right now.
Diamond is a brittle solid and fails by fracture.
In hübnerite the fracture is brittle and uneven.
A brittle glory shineth in this face.
Steel that is brittle either when hot.
False puffballs are hard like rock or brittle.
Hot short iron is brittle when hot.
To inventory this glee club peanut brittle.
