How to Use breakable in a Sentence

breakable

adjective
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  • The tree scraped the ceiling and had great, breakable balls that would weigh down the branches.
    — Brooklyn White, Essence, 23 Dec. 2022
  • That deep rocker shines in mank, breakable crust, and tracked pow.
    — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2022
  • LEDs are less breakable and don't get as hot, but bulbs are costly up front.
    — The Good Housekeeping Institute, Good Housekeeping, 30 Dec. 2013
  • Here are 15 that might appear breakable, but aren't going off the books.
    — Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Perhaps the company wants to make the phone less breakable first.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Keep In Mind The glass doors, while attractive, are more breakable than wood.
    — Addie Morton, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2023
  • This year, Google replaces the glass with an aluminum strap that should be less breakable.
    — Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The crew builds each of the three windows as a separate scene, full of nooks and crannies and places that look breakable, which is part of the draw.
    — Sam Whiting, SFChronicle.com, 22 Nov. 2020
  • The breakable items were the worst — dishes, glasses, picture frames.
    — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Sep. 2021
  • First things first: That glass cutting board from 1985 is brittle and breakable.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Etsy is one of the best places to buy unique gifts, just like these chocolate breakable hearts, the hot new Valentine's Day gift this year.
    — Ana Suarez, Chron, 5 Feb. 2021
  • Snow crab leg shells are breakable enough for simply cracking open with your hands.
    — Mary Tomlinson, Southern Living, 2 July 2020
  • Liverpool may have held the clean sheet at home, but its defense is breakable.
    — Avi Creditor, SI.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • However, the latter are less breakable and chill drinks faster.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Like: There is no doubt that owning a ski with these dimensions can make the best days better and at the same time make the worst days (breakable crud) fun too.
    — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Place breakable and heavy items on lower shelves and cabinets.
    — oregonlive, 14 Jan. 2021
  • In Breath of the Wild, Link would simply run up to the group of enemies, take them out with various breakable weapons, and proceed with his climb.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Bisque dolls reflected the fact that life was fragile and breakable, and so were human bodies.
    — Maria Teresa Hart, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Bosses can be defeated in many different ways, some of them as secret as the breakable walls all over the game’s maps.
    — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The magical prisms of sky blue, bright pink, cherry apple red, and silver are back in vogue and as breakable as ever.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Yet these thin, easily breakable shells may be the key to making better, stronger bone grafts for humans.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 18 July 2019
  • The girl was stamping her feet now, her puffy boots making her legs above them seem tiny and breakable, and Richard imagined, for a second, snapping them clean.
    — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2017
  • The trick is to keep it all organized, handy, and minimal—with as few breakable items as possible.
    — Wini Moranville, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2021
  • This gift comes with four breakable hearts that are each filled with chocolate surprises and chocolate chips, and includes a mix of dark and milk chocolate.
    — Lauren Fischer, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The code talkers created a special code that wasn't breakable by the Axis powers.
    — Erin Edgemon, AL.com, 26 Aug. 2017
  • In homes with small children, take special care to avoid decorations that are sharp or breakable.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Magical prisms of sky blue, bright pink, cherry apple red, and silver are back in vogue and as breakable as ever.
    — Kirby Adams, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2022
  • But because jars are heavy and breakable, shipping them doesn’t make much sense for smaller companies like Lance’s.
    — Ac Shilton, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2020
  • One was, the stunt person being pulled backward into the wall, which was made of breakable material.
    — Mekado Murphy, New York Times, 26 May 2016
  • He was frustrated with how breakable everything was and didn’t want to open up his van and find broken glass everywhere.
    — Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 30 Nov. 2022

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