It shattered her barriers like brittle glass.

There was no grate on the window, and Burke drew his gun and brought it through the old brittle glass above the sash lock.

Squeezing off, he watched the missile punch through brittle glass and disappear, its fiery tail illuminating the warehouse interior for a second and a half before it blew.

I'm scared I'll drop the 4S and shatter the brittle (even if toughened) glass.

ECC therefore acts more like a ductile metal than a brittle glass (as does OPC concrete), leading to a wide variety of applications.

Not flexible glass, but rods of plain old brittle glass.

And the brittle shining glass gave no reply.

This is very damaging to an insulator, and may shatter brittle glass or ceramic disks, resulting in its complete failure.

What is the secret of the book the Doctor finds, its pages made from thin, brittle glass?

Men like to brag and strut a lot, but they've got egos as brittle as spun glass.