"turn" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Where it struck the leaves of the creepers below they turned black and brittle.
- In time, the books would turn brittle and go to dust, when humans and the rest of us are ready to give them up.
- The plastic had turned a little yellow and brittle with age.
- A few more words were exchanged, but Jeremy's pleasantries had turned brittle.
- The grass was dying already, turning brown and brittle without the power of the horns.
- Her voice turned brittle, and she sat very straight on the bed.
- However, they have found that even the best quality steel turns brittle in outer space.
- The old man's smile turned brittle, faded and was gone.
- Her eyes were black and hard, but their strength had turned brittle, shallow.
- But she made such an effort to look crisp and clear that some of her movements turned unnecessarily brittle.
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