fragile

01. Be careful with that box; it has dishes and glasses in it, so it's really [fragile].

02. My grandmother is really old, and her bones are [fragile] because she didn't get enough calcium in her diet when she was growing up.

03. The government majority is quite [fragile], and could break down if the coalition starts fighting amongst itself.

04. The [fragility] of the sculpture makes it very difficult to move.

05. You'd better mark that package [fragile] so the movers know not to be too rough with it.

06. Our country's recovery from this recession is still quite [fragile] and could be seriously set back by an increase in inflation.

07. There is a Turkish proverb which states that man is harder than iron, stronger than stone, and more [fragile] than a rose.

08. The use of force occurs more frequently in societies where loyalty to the state is [fragile].

09. Jerry Rubin once suggested that most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, they are scared, weak, and [fragile].

10. Alice Mackenzie Swaim wrote, "Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the [fragile] blossom that opens in the snow."

11. Butterfly wings are amazingly [fragile], yet also incredibly strong; thin as tissue, these wings carry the butterfly on flights of thousands of miles.

12. Glass can be made so strong that a pressure of 350 tons is required to crush a two-inch cube, and it can be made so [fragile] that the breath will break a drinking glass.

13. Randolph Bourne once noted that friendships are [fragile] things, and require as much handling as any other [fragile] and precious thing.

14. Some people in Wales feel that tourism, though an important source of revenue for the country, endangers their [fragile] culture.

15. Coral reefs are home to over 25% of all marine life, and are the world's most [fragile] and endangered ecosystem.

16. Birds are rare as fossils because of their [fragile] skeletons.