Sentence examples for fragile plastic from inspiring English sources

If the fragile plastic ruptures below 4,000 feet — the Dead Zone, as the project's engineers call it — there will not be enough time for a parachute to deploy, forcing Mr. Baumgartner to make a crash landing.

In "Some/One," he used Korean military dog tags to form a giant imperial robe, and in "Floor," 180,000 fragile plastic figures tightly placed against each other hold up a glass floor.

The nice-driving 9-3 sedan preserves a bit of Saab appeal, but I spent my time in the car wondering where they got the flimsy, fragile plastic controls.

Mr. Schall had to decide if the windowpane would be made of costly breakaway glass, which is actually extremely fragile plastic, or tempered glass, which is real glass treated to shatter -- in this case, upon detonation of small explosives -- into small, relatively harmless pieces.

Ever since the first gen iPhone, it seems the case has become more fragile; plastic followed aluminum, glass after plastic.

"The problem with 3D printing," says Lerea, "is that you're making something out of relatively fragile plastic.

At the end of the second workshop (Ruaumoko shakes), the concepts of Tectonic Plates, stress-and-strain, earthquakes, seismic waves, Earth crustal response to stress (i.e., fragile, ductile, plastic, and elastic behaviour of matter), orogenesis, and the general theories of Earth's dynamics were integrated with the stories of Ruaumoko, the god of earthquakes and volcanoes (Table 3).

Said article provided insight and factoids on everything from choosing a lane (apparently the "express lane" can be more expedient, and something to consider utilizing when only purchasing a few items) to loading the conveyor belt (items such as eggs can be fragile, while plastic bags tend to be flimsy and might need to be "double-bagged" if transporting heavier items long distances).

But these days footwear is flimsy, with plastic parts, or fragile, with a thin, elegant sole, delicate stitching, and glossy leather that aren't made to last.

And here we meet, among these fragile homes of plastic, sticks and blankets, in the desert.

I've grown proud of our little library and the recognition it has received over the past weeks, but it's still such a small thing: a small, fragile, cardboard and plastic bricolage that shivers in the shadows of the world's most intimidating financial institutions.