For all the he-man, macho attributes foisted on beer by marketing, it is surprisingly fragile and needs to be handled delicately.

For such big animals, horses are surprisingly fragile, he said.

Of them all, only Juniper had any real experience at driving a horse team, and that only with a wagon; she did know how surprisingly fragile the big beasts were, though.

The main defense system of Atlantis is its energy shield, without which the city is surprisingly fragile.

Their growing spines were surprisingly fragile, and could not bear too much stress.

There are several different types of modern computer displays, each built with different technologies, but most of today's displays are inflexible, bulky and surprisingly fragile.

The economy (knock on wood) is Japan, where near panic in the stock market has drawn attention to the surprisingly fragile machinery driving what was long seen as an unstoppable industrial juggernaut.

However, we are talking of a surprisingly fragile physical structure.

The mind is a surprisingly fragile thing sometimes.

In spite of their size, many attractions are surprisingly fragile and hard to maintain.