There is no noise but their footsteps on the brittle surface of the snow.

"A brittle surface would crack, but this padding absorbs most of the shock."

There are deeper concerns that percolate beneath the book's brittle surface.

All this highly conspicuous artifice provided a brittle surface of culture.

Pressing ahead on the blithe assumption it was all ankle deep he crashed through the brittle surface and sank in over his knees.

But metaphorical matters are subordinated to the brittle surface where almost every statement is a retort.

The brittle surface of this room was prepared to shatter once more and Dasein didn't think he would like what might be revealed.

Instead his boots made contact with a brittle, yet oddly resilient surface.

However the materials also create a very brittle surface which increases the potential for chips, cracks, and breaks.

He moves along the brittle surface of the pain that he sees, as if it had no roots in his own experience.