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

The scene we’d imagined, with colonies of flamingoes strutting around a topaz shore, was instead a dust bowl, friable and desolate.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2019

It’s a joy to see them at work in moist, friable soil once the tarp is removed.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2017

But in the shade of the papaya trees the soil was dark brown, with the moist, friable feel that gardeners seek.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann