brittle

Example Sentences

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But he was aware of the criticism of his work as intellectually brilliant but emotionally brittle.

From Los Angeles Times

Kat has osteogenesis imperfecta type 3, known as brittle bone disease, and says she faces higher energy bills as she needs to charge her wheelchair and other equipment.

From BBC

Their brittle exchange of niceties points to a larger truth.

From The Wall Street Journal

Twitter has repeatedly incurred outages after making tweaks to its code, including this month, something that has prompted Musk to refer to the site as “brittle.”

From Washington Post

Vignettes of the early times surface from brittle newspaper clippings and yellowed archival documents.

From Seattle Times