BRITTLE in a Sentence
Learn BRITTLE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
13 example sentences for BRITTLE, such as:
1. The paint was brittle with age.
2. She laughed and was frivolous and rather brittle.
3. The brittle blue line had withstood the blows and won.
4. The white brittle mask was back again and she picked up the reins.
5. The house gave little cracks as if it were very brittle, very dry.
2. She laughed and was frivolous and rather brittle.
3. The brittle blue line had withstood the blows and won.
4. The white brittle mask was back again and she picked up the reins.
5. The house gave little cracks as if it were very brittle, very dry.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of BRITTLE
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brittle
n. caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
a. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
Classic Sentence:
1 A red sun stood over the grey rim of the fields, behind trees that looked black and brittle.
2 Mrs. Tarleton's face changed and the brittle smile left her lips as she put her arm around Carreen's slender waist.
3 Cathleen was as white as Cade had been the day Scarlett called, white and hard and brittle, as if her face would shatter if she spoke.
4 The white brittle mask was back again and she picked up the reins.
5 She laughed and was frivolous and rather brittle.
6 The brittle blue line had withstood the blows and won.
7 Exactly as before, I was your little skylark, your doll, which you would in future treat with doubly gentle care, because it was so brittle and fragile.
8 So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home.
9 The house gave little cracks as if it were very brittle, very dry.
10 He rolled its body, tender yet brittle as a grain of rice, between thumb and finger for an instant before he let it fall from him and wondered would it live or die.
Example Sentence:
1 My employer's self-control was as brittle as an egg-shell.
2 The wood of the alder is light, quite brittle when young and easily worked.
3 The paint was brittle with age.