Sentences with phrase «very brittle»

Once she's obtained permission for her process, Wiigh - Masäk's clients will be dunked in liquid nitrogen (obtained as a byproduct of the medical industry) which freezes them to -196 C. Wiigh - Mäsak says this makes a body very brittle, and subsequent agitation causes the body to break apart and eventually disintegrate.

On the other hand, Rothko showed none of Doerner's concern for the careful construction of stretchers, and he adopted the late medieval technique of interposing an isolating egg - white glaze between layers of pigments or vanish, which Doerner had specifically discouraged since egg white becomes very brittle with time and turns brown.

«You don't want your dog to pig out on chocolate or leftover pizza, chicken or turkey — anything with a high percentage of fat can lead to pancreatitis (inflammation and swelling of the pancreas, which can cause permanent damage and be fatal),» says Martha Gearhart, DVM, owner of Pleasant Valley Animal Hospital, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. «Raw bones are digestible, but their sharp points are dangerous, and cooked bones are very brittle and can shatter [once eaten].»

Unlike raw bones, cooked bones become very brittle.

Purchased on 2/28/2018 & took 6 days to arrive so used by single kitty from 3/6/2018 until 4/30/2018 when the clear plastic (very brittle & flimsy!!!)

The softcover book is printed on cheap paper and is yellowing and becoming very brittle.

The poor thing was old and very brittle (and ugly!)

He suffered from aseptic necrosis, a rare disease which caused his leg bones to become very brittle.

I bought the brow precisr micro crayon 2 weeks ago and find the crayon is very brittle and breaks very easily.

... because its gluten is very brittle and degrades easily at warm temperatures.

If your batch is too lye heavy, making it very brittle and crumbly or if your lye and oils have separated (you will notice a layer of liquid on the top or underneath the soap) I would encourage you to discard it.

Without the guar gum, they tend to be very brittle, almost too airy in consistency.

She has very brittle nails — they are becoming increasingly painful.

My daughter's hair was still really knotted and hard to untangle and once I did get it untangled, it dried very brittle, as if I put egg whites all over her hair.

Once the dough is cooled (and this is important, because it becomes very brittle right out of the oven) use a pizza cutter to create «crackers.»

If I washed my hair daily it would be very brittle.

The discovery, described last month in Nature Communications, borrows secrets from mollusk shells, which use very brittle, breakable materials to create some of nature's toughest structures.

«Lignin is a very brittle natural polymer, so it needs to be toughened,» explained Naskar, leader of ORNL's Carbon and Composites group.

This did work in principle, but yielded a very brittle material.

The sea urchin spines are mostly made of calcite, usually a very brittle and fragile material.

«Given the UK's ability to grind to a halt with even a flake, the snow has come at a very brittle time for the UK economy, adding to the headwinds that it is already battling against as it tries to avoid a triple - dip recession,» HIS Global Insight's chief UK and European economist Howard Archer said.

Dan Skelos» state Senate majority is very brittle, given that the state is becoming more and more heavily Democratic and that New York City weighs more and more heavily in the state's demographics.

The dry ice is so cold that it can make plastic breast milk storage bags or bottles very brittle, and they can break in shipping.

The shell itself is very brittle, but the dome shape makes it strong if weight is placed on top.

There has been no doubt that Wilshere is talented, however, his bones are very brittle and i fear for him whenever he is tackled or goes into a tackle.

I imagine with the contract situations of Sanchez, Ozil, Ox the moral of the team is and the fans is very brittle.

If you heat the honey any longer it will still taste good, but result in a very brittle bar.

great flavor, we had to substitute the oat flower for oats that we turn to as close of a powder as possible but I think this and plus not giving it enough resting time made it very brittle & crumbly.

My husband has become very health conscience, and I have been EXTREMELY discouraged, I was born and raised in Alabama, (And yes a lot of the stereotypes are correct, we love our butter, fried things and desert) Both my parents are close to being diabetic and my younger brother is a very brittle diabetic, I have a 2 year old that its been so hard for me to tell her no, you can't have cake, you can't have muffins, you can't you can't you can't.

Pragmatically, it had great strength: people knew where they stood, but it was also very brittle, and tended to lead to culture of making a virtue out of harshness.

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Most of the 2012 cycle presidential candidates who marketed themselves as authentic conservatives (which is to say, to the right of Mitt Romney), had very shallow and brittle arguments against Obamacare.

Alcoholic converts often give one the impression that their solution is decidedly brittle — that they must keep very busy saving others or their own solution is likely to collapse.

Beans that are desiccated, dull - looking, or brittle are too old and it will be very hard to scrape out the beans inside.

My very first recipe was Bourbon Vanilla Ice Cream with Bourbon Bacon Brittle.

Also, unlike some of our attempts — which were brittle — it's very sturdy after it hardens.

Paleo Gingerbread Cookie Brittle is very easy to make and will fill up your home with the wonderful spice - and - all - things - nice scent of the season.

The bakery next to my parents house had an amazing bienenstich and made in a very traditional Northern German way: A soft and airy yeast based sheet cake topped with toasted almond brittle and filled with a sweetened whipped cream.

Working with phyllo can be tricky as its brittle and can dry out very quickly, so check the handling tips before start preparing this Galaktoboureko recipe.

These brittles are very expensive where I live.

One was called Cookie Brittle, which was baked like a bar cookie but was very rich and crisp.

Toast porcini mushrooms until just brittle (caution this happens very quickly, keep your eye on this, otherwise the mushrooms will burn) and cool.

Drying time varies with humidity levels, but dry them until they are very dark and brittle.

Don't pass this by, thinking it will be brittle and difficult — despite being gluten free, this crust does not crumble apart, is very easy to work with, and is very forgiving.

The softened candy cane was very stretchy, but then became brittle again once hardened.

Our continuous improvement process suggests that the TS26 is brittle at very low temperatures, and could break or crack.

Challenged if Labour could have won under another leader, Leslie said: «I've never known a more beatable prime minister than Theresa May — brittle, I think, very, very wobbly and shaky indeed.»

Ceramic knives turned out to be very durable, but they can be brittle.

Because the carbon atoms in a C36 fullerene must strain to form a sphere, the bonds between atoms are brittle; thus, the molecule is very reactive and quickly decomposes in air.

(Hydrogen is difficult to store at cryogenic temperatures, makes metal brittle and is very flammable.)

«It affects many more children than brittle bone disease, so we're very hopeful that sclerostin antibody therapy will be a useful treatment for them as well.