How to use "brittle" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "brittle" in popular movie and book plots

  • Although a bow is found, it is too brittle to have fired the arrow.  - Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
  • Five years later, he has very brittle bones, but is very active, rambunctious and intelligent, capturing even Piotr's affection.  - Barrayar
  • Meanwhile, Bergen informs Jean of his disappointment when he discovers that the cocoons are too brittle to unweave.  - Here We Go Again (film)
  • Valerie develops brittle bones and her arm breaks just from Thirteen turning her arm over.  - Remorse (House)
  • Trying to Grow features a young man, born in Bombay, with brittle bones, who would never grow taller than four feet.  - Trying to Grow
  • Willow suffers from Type III osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a disease also known as brittle bone syndrome.  - Handle with Care (novel)
  • They have found, however, that even the best quality metal alloys available eventually turn brittle in the harsh environment of outer space.  - Riders to the Stars
  • Mulder finds that a wall in the office has become extremely brittle and crumbles at the slightest touch.  - Trevor (The X-Files)
  • Alex McNetti (Rich George) has a rare disease which gives him very brittle bones.  - Bone Sickness
  • He frees her legs from a brittle cocoon-like substance and covers her as best as he can.  - Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation
  • Unable to control their power, the angel-like giants burn Silvia's body and leave only "a brittle burned-out husk".  - Upon the Dull Earth
  • The brittle behavioural armour with which Nicola has protected her psyche is now shattered and she breaks down sobbing.  - Life Is Sweet (film)
  • He set up an Iron Works that used a combination of acids to produce a less brittle form of iron.  - The Story of the Stone (Barry Hughart)

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