The intense cold had contracted all the metal and made it very brittle.

But a federative state is a very brittle nucleus in war.

The fuchsia is naturally a somewhat trailing and very brittle-wooded plant.

This shows too much lime and consequently it is very brittle.

Glass is very brittle, and extremely sensitive to heat and cold.

The containers for the bombs were large and very brittle globes of hard rubber.

The stem is polished, generally white, and is very brittle.

This made a very brittle lamp, but its high efficiency served to introduce it.

The Zimbabwean state is very strong but very brittle.

They're very media savvy but very brittle, Ross said.

They were very brittle and crumbled in his hand.

The moose hair is very brittle and inelastic.

You were only clay, after all-theporcelain of human clay, perhaps, but very brittle stuff withal.

But the porousness of the clay, which keeps the contents so deliciously cool, makes them very brittle.

This curious bread is very brittle and is eaten by breaking off little bits with the fingers.

The shells get very brittle, you know, round about this time of year, when the hens are hungry.