a world record that may not be breakable
elderly people's bones can be highly breakable if they suffer from osteoporosis
Recent Examples on the WebAn interactive dessert display will also be offered featuring white chocolate mousse, raspberry jam and candied hazelnuts hidden beneath a breakable chocolate heart.—The Courier-Journal, 5 Feb. 2024 Keep in Mind The material is more breakable than other options.—Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2023 Snow crab leg shells are breakable enough for simply cracking open with your hands.—Coastal Living, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2024 The memoir aims for jottings that, like their subjects, are thin, breakable, and already sliding off the page.—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2024 This unique organizer fits all kinds of ornaments—not just the breakable ones that go on trees.—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2023 How incommensurate with our small, breakable animal bodies — this awful, awesome notion, the infinite.—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2023 Of course, lesser bowie knives with brittle blades, blades that won’t hold an edge, and models with slender, breakable handles were quickly sifted through and discarded.—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023 So combinations of materials were tested for the breakable stones, and filmmakers settled on Styrofoam coated in plaster.—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
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