The murky Shire river had burst its banks, burying maize fields in silt, swamping flimsy wooden structures, snapping bridges and leaving mudbrick homes roofless or ruined.
A cylindrical lobby and temporary gallery tucked under the main building seem squashed under the weight; the connection between the gallery buildings and the offices — a few small bridges — looks flimsy.
Between 1821 and 1824 the flimsy wooden fences along the edges of the bridge, which were often breaking, were replaced by sturdy iron 4 feet railings, and in 1824 the oil lamps were themselves replaced by gas lighting.
From the bridge, Hatt's colleagues can see two more flimsy refugee boats on the water, and only one of them is being rescued.
Along Westchester's northern rim — in Shrub Oak, Mohegan Lake, Goldens Bridge and Buchanan — shopkeepers and working stiffs bought flimsy cottages to escape stifling tenements and asphalt-scented air.
California cynics offer a variety of ulterior motives for Gov. Gray Davis's announcement early this month, on flimsy evidence, that terrorists might have put the state's bridges on a target list.
A small paper bridge, connecting upper and lower parts of the couch, though flimsy looking, strengthened the whole.
At teams or when playing rubber bridge or Chicago, in which you bid game with the flimsiest of excuses, South, Gay Keaveney from Ireland, would have promptly raised to four spades.
Millbank Bridge was built of steel girders supported by wooden stakes; however, despite its flimsy appearance it was a sturdy structure, capable of supporting tanks and other heavy military equipment.
Starting by tinkering with the flimsy cords that connected our amp/tuners at that time with their speaker boxes, Lee knew that using such insignificant connectors to bridge quality audio components was resulting in sub-standard sound emanating to the ears.
