Sentence examples for brittle relations from inspiring English sources

The arrest is another sign of brittle relations between the two countries.

He has brittle relations with the elderly Polish couple who now live there.

Until the negotiations were suddenly postponed Monday, the administration was trying to juggle the awkwardness of playing host to both the Syrians and the Palestinians, who have brittle relations.

The rhetoric could test already brittle relations between Israel's Jewish majority and its Arab minority, which has long suffered discrimination in Israel.

Naftali Bennett, leader of the nationalist Jewish Home party, tweeted, "Only those to whom the land does not belong are capable of burning it". The rhetoric could test already brittle relations between Israel's Jewish majority and its Arab minority, which has long suffered discrimination in Israel.

At room temperature, initially un-oriented amorphous PEF exhibits brittle behavior in relation to its ability to deform by crazing.

But relations are brittle.

By the early 1990s, however, band relations looked brittle enough to snap.

At her home in Yardley Wood, Birmingham, Gohir – a full-time mother-of-three who is also a physics and chemistry graduate – says Casey's report has come out at a time when race relations are brittle but she would rather it were published than buried for fear of causing upset.

Six officers pleaded guilty to misconduct in relation to Brittle's calls for help.

The chilly recent encounters mirror how Brexit has returned Anglo-Irish relations to a brittle state.