Sentence examples for brittle feel from inspiring English sources

Bell will bat at No3, where he averages 31 in 31 Test innings, but the England captain, Andrew Strauss, today denied that his middle order had a brittle feel to it as his side prepares for a must-win Test.

In gouache and tempera, he recreated the "hard, bright, and brittle" feel of Harlem during the Great Depression (2 ).

In both "Everlasting" and "The Bachelor," the hopefuls gather at a mansion whose brittle elegance feels claustrophobic; in each show, unrealistically fit women offer "confessions" in one-on-one interviews that feel staged.

Boult and Starc were magnificent, the batting so brittle you felt it could be over in 2 hours.

You start to feel brittle, and sometimes you are.

"Gemma, in the hands of a lesser actor, could feel brittle and one-dimensional," said John Landgraf, president of FX Networks.

Epstein tested the device in marine sediment at a research station in the Massachusetts Bay experiments that, he recalled, involved trudging in mud with rubber boots, cutting his hands on mussel beds, and enduring "late fall rains that, with wind, feel brittle on your skin".

Green, snap, string, or wax beans are dry enough when they look and feel brittle.

The area which is affected can also feel brittle or cold when touched.

Silk is smooth; other fabrics mimicking silk tend to feel brittle.

Green beans, carrots, corn, peas, mushrooms, and zucchini should all feel brittle.