brittle
Example Sentences
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This perpetual instability likely led many Israelis, perhaps first and foremost Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to believe that the regime was more brittle than it actually was.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Confidence in the software sector is brittle and AI fears are dominating investor sentiment.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
We move in a familiar loop: outrage at dysfunction, ritualized critique, then a quiet hope that the same brittle systems will somehow stabilize themselves when the stakes get high.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
Conservator Jonathan Carr said the Thetford find was made "from extremely thin sheets of metal which have become extremely brittle after 2,000 years in the ground".
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
With this brittle precis of her obligations he left the table and went toward the bedroom.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing brittle
"Of Mice and Men"
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
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