After root canal treatment, teeth can become more brittle and break easily.

Every day that it did not come, my spirits grew more brittle.

Increases Bone Density As we get older, our bones become more brittle.

The air felt old, somehow, more brittle, and it smelled like books.

The dragonglass blade was sharper than steel, albeit far more brittle.

This was harder but more brittle than the tough but malleable wrought iron.

Supple when it's young, but gets more brittle as it ages.

The entry passage was less frigid, the barrier cubes more brittle.

Similarly, bell-metal is harder, more sonorous and more brittle than either of its components.

The filaments were mere microns in diameter, like fibers of silk, only more brittle.

That the great, untouchable, always-in-control Jodie Patterson was more fragile, more brittle than anyone thought?

Bones get progressively more brittle until they snap and when they do, it's bad news.

Had it, under that preserving process, become more brittle?

However, the cloth of the uniforms was of very inferior quality, much more brittle than formerly.

But bone china is very strong, and does not chip as does a more brittle variety.

The bones become more porous and more brittle.