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Meanings of become brittle in inglês

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Usage of become brittle in inglês
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It causes hair to become brittle, and will dry it out.
Ebony
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Temperatures are so low that truck axles can suddenly become brittle and snap.
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The manager will know only that his side has become brittle at a critical phase.
The Guardian
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Furthermore, the blood vessels become brittle and break easily and there is danger of hemorrhages.
Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease...
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The fence had been frozen, chilled until the steel had become brittle and then shattered.
Summer knight
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If the air was too dry, the parchment would become brittle and fall to pieces.
The Wise Man’s Fear
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They will then become brittle and green.
Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book
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If the sun strikes them too strongly, the leaves will become brittle and shatter when they are moved.
Agriculture for Beginners / Revised Edition
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Owing to lack of nutrition the structures become brittle and quantities of the varicosed capillaries unite to form pile tumors.
The Royal Road to Health; Or, the Secret of Health Without Drugs
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Ye good dancers, now is all delight over: wine hath become lees, every cup hath become brittle, the sepulchres mutter.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
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Mrs. Hastings swayed toward the prince in her chair of verd antique, and her voice seemed to become brittle in the air.
Romance Island
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Snow and sleet will weigh down branches but rarely break them, while frost will cause them to become brittle and to break easily.
Studies of Trees
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In order apparently to excuse certain railway companies, a pretence has been set up that iron and steel become brittle at a low temperature.
Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 / A ...
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If this is not done the paper deteriorates, becoming brittle and crumbly.
The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses
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If the discipline becomes brittle and mistakes are criminalised, we know what happens.
The Guardian
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That substance is whitish, elastic and sticky; and when dried becomes brittle and semi-transparent.
The History of a Mouthful of Bread / And its effect on the organ...
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