Voiceless, like the rush of a nightmare, they broke through the brittle wood and the eel light.

This time Skeeter saw the puff of dust fly up from the dry, brittle wood as lead struck a target.

They do that before driving the nails near the ends of boards or into brittle wood.

"No," Clint agreed, as they climbed the steps, their boots ringing against brittle wood.

But it has brittle wood, and is commonly damaged in storms.

The genus name Frangula refers to the brittle wood.

Finally, its brittle wood, coupled with tree height, makes its branches at times subject to wind or ice damage.

The dry, brittle wood of the ancient relic had lost all its resilience after so many generations of use.

He led the way back to Hatherley, threading through brittle woods.

There was a crackling as of wet punk or brittle rotten wood.