The warrior held the blade high, brought it down flat against his knee, and the metal snapped.

The metal cracked and snapped in two like a piece of dry macaroni.

When it was two or three inches inside, he used more pressure, pushing the blade at an angle towards the shaft wall, praying the metal would not snap.

The metal snapped asunder, and Thordred the Usurper was free!

The brittle metal snapped in his hand.

For example, most metals will fatigue with repeated flexing, and will eventually snap.

She bent one of the wires, wiggled it back and forth until the metal snapped, then tossed the umbrella aside.

The old metal snapped under the considerable strength of the badger, who stood holding it in her paw with a slightly guilty expression.

Each strand took all the strength Jason had as he manipulated the cutter back and forth until the metal snapped free.