brittle
Example Sentences
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One problem, though: Untreated rubber becomes brittle when exposed to cold, and tacky and runny when hot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
"This makes the tendons more brittle and impairs their mechanical function," explains Greta Moschini, a doctoral student in De Bock and Snedeker's groups and lead author of the study.
From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026
Running her hand through her brittle white hair, she mimed heating water on a gas stove to wash herself in the cold mornings.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
We move in a familiar loop: outrage at dysfunction, ritualized critique, then a quiet hope that the same brittle systems will somehow stabilize themselves when the stakes get high.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
Snapping is easy when you’re already brittle from the worst possible thing happening.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Vocabulary lists containing brittle
"Of Mice and Men"
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