breakable

Example Sentences

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Five of them have had their localisers retrofitted with breakable material, while another will be retrofitted next year, Seoul's transport ministry told AFP.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

But just remember to keep anything breakable out of arm and leg reach.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

“There were toddler birthday parties downstairs with all the breakable pre-Colombian art,” April Dammann remembered.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 29, 2024

Publishing in Polymer Chemistry, they made a series of polymer gels with breakable bonds incorporated into different parts of the structure, and tested whether the properties changed after the gel was degraded and reformed.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023

In the darkness of their room, I could barely make out their outlines—Mom curled up against Dad, and Dad holding her gently, even in sleep, as if she were breakable.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller