Sentence examples for brittle as from inspiring English sources

The impact is particularly damaging in the case of composites where the fibers are elastic and brittle as well as the matrix when compared with conventional ductile metals.

You can see my predicament: I was sitting squarely in my own patch of grass, but it was dry and brittle as far as I could see.

Turtle eggshells can be leathery, as in sea turtles, or brittle, as in many tortoises.

Clamorous and brittle as the subway system, Stritch is a New York institution.

The coldness of the Prague night air is sharp as a stiletto and brittle as ice.

"The church is not as brittle as people think," he said.

As brittle as the gravity Baumgartner escaped in pursuit of his dream.

She can seem as brittle as a twig and just as easy to snap.

But as a character in a novel she can seem as brittle as a porcelain doll.

They kept making chances but that high-pressing backline still looked as brittle as a four-day old pretzel.

As slight and as brittle as they are pure, they demonstrate the limits of critical knowingness as an artistic strategy.