The air felt strangely brittle, as if it were about to break under its own weight.

If it didn't break under your weight, find someone heavier and see how they do.

So when I get toward the end, they'll probably break the rest of the way under their own weight.

The chain soon broke under its own weight, but Union forces did not learn of this fact until early 1862.

It was the branch which had broken under his weight.

"On the other hand, the ladder could break under my weight, and we'd both be out of hick."

The wood broke under his weight and he came crashing to the ground.

What if the chains should break under its enormous weight?

The salt crust on the lake is not thick and can break like glass under a person's weight.