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

The Army Corps, he wrote, “estimates that 50% of the sites on the property contain friable asbestos.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025

But one piece of the more concerning friable asbestos - which can be easily crushed into a powder - was found at a public park in suburb Surry Hills.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024

Tangier’s location in the center of the bay, along with its friable turf of sand and silt, leaves it dangerously exposed and fragile.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2016

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