Brittle

However, brittle cruelty undergirds that beautific kindness is a brittle cruelty.

Brittle stars are not starfish; though both typically have five arms, they constitute different classes of echinoderms, the same invertebrate group that includes sea cucumbers (brittle stars and starfish do share a common ancestor, however).

The semi-brittle state, however, combines both brittle and ductile deformation, where rocks permanently change shape by “flowing” or “bending” under stress.

Other additives can modify the alloy properties; tin (4–8%), nickel (up to 30% and often together with tin), up to 8% aluminium, phosphorus (forming brittle phosphides) or 1–5% silicon form brittle inclusions serving as crack initiation sites.

A 40-year-old Honolulu condominium can show its age in many ways: brittle, leaking pipes; cracks in its concrete walls and decks; rusted rebar; and corroded railings and window frames.

After a season or two, the bamboo becomes brittle.

A small thing, perhaps, but it illustrates just how alert and brittle a character Manning is, and how carefully Theroux has to tread to ensure he doesn’t overstep the mark with an exceptionally bright and often defensive personality.

As nails become more ridged, they may also become more brittle, raising the likelihood that they will chip, split and peel.

But Ukraine and its Western backers have proved strong and supple while Putin’s Russia looks more brittle by the day.

OI is colloquially known as "brittle bone disease".

The base X6 is a cheerful commuter and adventure companion, and becomes a ferocious track competitor in M and Competition versions; the experience becomes sports-car-like with astonishing acceleration and a ride that’s almost brittle.

There is an improvement in 21st century peanut brittle because it has a corn starch coating and is not sticky but crisp.

The system has subsequently undergone several episodes of brittle reactivation.

The visuals accompanying climate change are hard to ignore: communities engulfed in flames, neighborhoods submerged by floods, habitats like coral reefs—once teeming with life and vibrance—now bleached, brittle and barren.

The wind in March breaks branches made brittle by winter.

They may not be suitable for people with weak or brittle nails, as they can stress the nails more.

Today is National Spouses Day, National Peanut Brittle Day, National Green Juice Day, International Customs Day, and International Environmental Education Day.

Zionsville Lighting Center swaps those out (along with bad and brittle wiring) in no time.

About as comfortable and commendable in soaking-up bumps on smooth surfaces, less well-maintained asphalt resulted in a brittle ride, which, fortunately, didn’t impact on unwanted noise threatening build quality being audible once back on smooth tar.

As a part of this new global alignment, Seoul has welcomed Germany’s application to join the US-led United Nations Command, which maintains a brittle armistice line between North and South Korea.