Dried papercrete has very low strength, but fails by slow compression (due to the large air content and hence compressibility) rather than in a brittle manner.

Accumulated strains in the granodiorite were now released in a brittle manner by faults, fractures and joints.

Worse still, high-tensile structural steels crack in an unexpectedly brittle manner in a whole variety of aqueous environments, especially chloride.

The opium-dream feeling was stronger than ever and Tansy's oddly brisk voice and brittle manner seemed part of it.

They most often behave non-linearly and will fail in a brittle manner when overloaded.

It is still possible for material above the transition zone to deform ductilely, and for material below to deform in a brittle manner.

They can behave in a brittle manner above the décollement surface, with intense ductile deformation below the décollement surface.

"We're not teenagers, Jake," she scoffed back, adopting the brittle taunting manner she always used with him, knowing it was her best form of protection.

Depending on the conditions (such as temperature, state of stress, loading rate) most materials can fail in a brittle or ductile manner or both.