breakable

Example Sentences

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International aviation safety guidelines state that such navigation structures should be made of frangible, or breakable, material -- a recommendation not followed at the Muan airport.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

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

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

In 2023 it also slashed the maximum limit of insurance for personal property from $200,000 to $25,000, eliminated some of the low-deductible options and the optional coverage for breakable items and masonry veneer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 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

Penelope used the hour wisely; she made up the children’s beds, tidied the nursery, and cleared it of breakable objects.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood