brittle

Example Sentences

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A renowned theater director who has embarked on a kind of permanent vacation in his 60s, he continues: “I am wifeless, childless, brotherless, sisterless, I am my well-known self, made glittering and brittle by fame.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Investor sentiment in the software sector remains brittle due to AI fears, with Anthropic set to demonstrate Claude’s capabilities.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 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

However, Conservative peer Lord Shinkwin, who has rare brittle bone disease osteogenesis imperfecta, argued that peers had already "been generous with our time".

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

It wasn't much of a noise, just a brittle croaking.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda