brittleness

Example Sentences

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But in addition to exposing Kennedy’s limits, Trump’s pro-Roundup order—and MAHA’s reaction to it—revealed a brittleness to the movement as a whole.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

It manifests now in a brittleness that tints their everyday exchanges as ossifying empty nesters.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

“External wars tend to strengthen revolutionary regimes in their early years, but military humiliations expose the brittleness of late-stage dictatorships.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

However, these processes can take months and increases brittleness or warps the artifacts.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

He was living to be one hundred years old and played a smoothly fluent game of billiards that contrasted with his own ninety-four-year-old brittleness.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway