brittle

And the bones become weaker and more brittle.

Chloe Morgan, 30, from Penllergaer near Swansea, has osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, which means she uses a wheelchair or an adapted car to leave the house.

The ivy on the wall behind the pool was brittle and charred, rubble littered the deck, and the water shone like a black mirror.

"Now, the good news is that I happen to think your democracies are substantially less brittle than many people apparently fear", added Vance.

In L.A.’s brittle landscape of concrete rectangles and choking freeways, Eaton Canyon, just seven miles from where we live, was a sanctuary to thousands of people.