brittleness

Example Sentences

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But in addition to exposing Kennedy’s limits, Trump’s pro-Roundup order—and MAHA’s reaction to it—revealed a brittleness to the movement as a whole.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

“External wars tend to strengthen revolutionary regimes in their early years, but military humiliations expose the brittleness of late-stage dictatorships.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

The thing is, does the first perceived brittleness contribute to the second?

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024

However, their weakness has always been their brittleness.

From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023

Squatting down, I felt a brittleness come over me, a hollow sensation, as if someone could reach out and crush me like a Christmas tree ornament.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien