breakable

Example Sentences

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Five of them have had their localisers retrofitted with breakable material, while another will be retrofitted next year, Seoul's transport ministry told AFP.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

But just remember to keep anything breakable out of arm and leg reach.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

“There were toddler birthday parties downstairs with all the breakable pre-Colombian art,” April Dammann remembered.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 29, 2024

Publishing in Polymer Chemistry, they made a series of polymer gels with breakable bonds incorporated into different parts of the structure, and tested whether the properties changed after the gel was degraded and reformed.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023

My parents treated me like a breakable heirloom, afraid to fight or fret in front of me lest I shatter.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs