What normally appears sturdy turns fragile: the economy, the climate, humanity's baseline social contract.
Sometimes, sad to say, the product is being mis-sold anyway: what at first glance appears sturdy is actually ponderous, period detail actually pedantry.
But wood rot, also known as dry rot, can make a beam that appears sturdy porous, enough to crumble on contact, due to the growth of a fungus that feeds on the wood.
The micropylar tube is straight, appears sturdy, and extends out of the seed envelope(s) at a slight angle.
But, surprisingly, Lao Air turned out to be quite professional, with a staff that seemed to know what it was doing and planes that were well-kept and appeared sturdy.
It was unclear why this man, who said he was a former soldier, and appeared sturdy and fit, perhaps 35 years old, was willing to talk to a Western reporter.
And the basketball shoes appear sturdy, although they are made with fake leather (well, so are Stella McCartney's).
Center Kendrick Perkins strained his left shoulder in Game 4, to go along with a sprained ankle from Game 1. Rajon Rondo has been limited since spraining an ankle in Game 3. Paul Pierce's right knee, injured in Game 1, has appeared sturdy, although Sports Illustrated reported Saturday that he might eventually need surgery for a partly torn meniscus.
Smartphone screens, like the egos of men, appear sturdy but are easily shattered.
Both appeared sturdy enough but there was no chance of getting the beam under the axle, and he knew that the possibility of he and the man exerting enough pressure to lift the entire side of a fairly large car was of course nil.
