Sentence examples for fragile shell from inspiring English sources

RAZOR: A long, soft-shell clam similar to a steamer, but with a more fragile shell.

Save graceful swans and slippery seals as well, And each crustacean in its fragile shell.

Recently, in gilt-edged Notting Hill, one such fragile shell finally did not have enough left to hold it up.

This freshly baked tart shares little, aesthetically or nutritionally, with its prepackaged namesake: A fragile shell of crumbly crust gives way to actual fruit like strawberries, blueberries or banana, and chocolate ($3.50).

The decay is hidden and starts at or below the gum line, eating the tooth from the inside out and leaving a fragile shell that can break.

Living in truth meant taking small, personal acts of conscience that reasserted personal freedom and cracked the ubiquitous but fragile shell of authoritarianism.

Empty, fragile shells are often scattered on the beaches of the Northeast.

Among the highlights of her coming spring collection are an evening dress, inspired by the film "Gosford Park," made up of bronze tulle decorated with fragile shells, and a pale chiffon halter dress patterned with faint cabbage roses.

Back at the lab, they used a scanning electron microscope to examine the fragile shells, which are 1 cm in size or smaller.

Coke particles formed from emulsions were more void with thinner and fragile shells suggesting that an amorphous-like molecular structure could have developed as opposed to the more compact shell structure observed for HFO residues, which were harder and more reticent to burning.

They are crushed and coerced into fragile shells of experience they do not wish to embody.