His father was self-made, but his mother was constructed by others, and such edifices are notoriously fragile.

Not sure the same can be said of those notoriously fragile mobiles, which are famous for being difficult to repair.

Mecha Black King (from Return of Ultraman) - Features a notoriously fragile waist joint.

An advertising agency is a notoriously fragile institution.

But athletic confidence is an notoriously fragile thing.

Glenn Boornazian, president of Integrated Conservation Resources, said the biggest problem had not been with the notoriously fragile brownstone, but with later, careless repairs.

The paler colours are notoriously fragile.

The paler colors are notoriously fragile.

A notoriously fragile ship, I find: very well - it is all of a piece.

Desert ecosystems, as Heizer no doubt knows, are notoriously fragile (they can take years to develop, yet they can be destroyed in a few footsteps).