It was not a surprise that the crystal vase was so frangible. From LearnThat.org.
The museum stored all frangible articles in locked showcases. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children. From Dictionary.com.
It is a place so tranquil, so steeped in frangible scenes of beauty, it defies the popular cobwebs of conflict that seem not so long ago. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Bangs: Nic' of Time] Reference
The guns have special kind of frangible bullets that are designed not to pierce the skin of an airplane. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2005] Reference
Assembly Bill 2881, sponsored by State Assemblyman David Koon (D-135), would ban the possession and use of "frangible" ammunition. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
Please secure all frangible materials and fixtures. From Wordnik.com. [The Abode of Life] Reference
They do make very frangible bullets for handgun cartridges. From Wordnik.com. [Gun Geezer Makes Muscatel* Mist] Reference
For, your meerschaum is a fragile thing, and eminently frangible. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
One thinks, here, of "Glass Menagerie" and other tidy, little, frangible worlds. From Wordnik.com. [Self-Protection] Reference
I strongly prefer the little highly frangible bullets for antelope on the prairie. From Wordnik.com. [Whats the best rifle for antelope hunting? Also whats the best for mountain goat hunting?] Reference
The Prince of Denmark should be frangible and ill at ease, not posturing and poised. From Wordnik.com. [A Hamlet to forget] Reference
Solid copper bullets are not frangible and may ricochet more readily than lead bullets. From Wordnik.com. [Alternatives for significant uses of lead in Massachusetts] Reference
She could actually feel how frangible it was, and she loathed herself for reacting to him. From Wordnik.com. [With No One as Witness]
The women bore crockery and other frangible articles, and helped Fessenden's drive the cow. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
Bismuth, iron, tungsten/nylon, and powdered copper can all be used to make frangible bullets. From Wordnik.com. [Alternatives for significant uses of lead in Massachusetts] Reference
All these parts are flexible and fissile; but bone is neither flexible nor fissile, but frangible. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
Maybe going to far as requiring use of frangible ammo for self defense in densely populated areas. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Kagan’s record on guns] Reference
VGs were developed by Barnes for the government, and are not only very light, but super-frangible. From Wordnik.com. [Gun Geezer Makes Muscatel* Mist] Reference
The meat damage problem/complaints usually arise with magnum high velocity rounds with frangible bullets. From Wordnik.com. [The .375 H&H: Fraud or Scam?] Reference
Many lead-free bullets are frangible, which means they fragment into small particles upon impact with a target. From Wordnik.com. [Alternatives for significant uses of lead in Massachusetts] Reference
Civil liability is one reason frangible or at least hollow point bullets is advocated in self-defense firearms. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Nonlethal Self-Defense, (Almost Entirely) Nonlethal Weapons, and the Rights to Keep and Bear Arms, Defend Life, and Practice Religion”:] Reference
The Potion Makerkradicalium is a cloudy, frangible aquamarine solid obtained from the leaves of a morning glory. From Wordnik.com. [Marcus update] Reference
Despite Taiwan's amazing population densities, the steep cliffs and frangible rock have held development at bay. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
You can get extremely frangible bullets for them; they shoot with low recoil and are generally superbly accurate. From Wordnik.com. [Okay, now I need a tiebreaker. As a few of you now (and never cease ribbing me about) I bought a .300 wm as a starting rifle.] Reference
Provide information and training on frangible ammunition. From Wordnik.com. [McHenry County Blog] Reference
It's a lightweight frangible round that RG market for CQB training. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Projectiles are SinterFire frangible lead-free bullets, a copper / tin composite. From Wordnik.com. Reference
There are two frangible rounds that have been approved for training purposes only. From Wordnik.com. [CDR Salamander] Reference
The introduction of deformable structure / frangible technology at all events as of January. From Wordnik.com. [Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines] Reference
There is, first, work in baked clay, which contracts as it dries, and is very easily frangible. From Wordnik.com. [The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing] Reference
There is, first, work in baked clay, which contracts, as it dries, and is very easily frangible. From Wordnik.com. [Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870] Reference
Range officers and SWAT members did not fully understand the effects of frangible ammunition on reactive targets. From Wordnik.com. [McHenry County Blog] Reference
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