friable

Example Sentences

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Britain is a “defiant but friable little nation floating off the edge of a continent” that itself is “an appendix of Asia.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

In 1936, the name "Ehlers-Danlos syndrome" was proposed and three cardinal symptoms were identified: joints had to be overly bendy, and skin had to be both stretchy and unusually "friable", meaning it crumbled easily.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2022

McCarron noted that the friable clay we were walking on would fall apart underfoot in the dry summer months.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022

Soil: Choose a potting mix that is friable and drains quickly, such as a "cactus mix."

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2016

Now there were open fields among the lakes and forests, fields with the crumbly friable soil potatoes love.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck