Her mind began to fragment, her colors to grow dim and brittle.

The moss was growing brittle already, and the green had begun to fade out of it.

Matthew saw the teasing gaiety in Finnea's face grow brittle.

It wasn't Plexiglas but some less formidable material; over many years of sunshine and bad weather, the plastic had grown brittle.

Even through the bonds of the al- chemist's spell, Miriamele could feel the air in the high chamber suddenly grow hard and brittle.

"Well, he'll be your new friend," Nikola said, her smile suddenly growing brittle.

It has grown brittle with age, and cynical winds and now the snow have broken into its dark green canopy.

Whenever she thought about such things, she seemed to feel her bones growing more brittle by the hour.

Moreover, at freezing temperatures like those chilling Berlin right now, the plastic grows brittle.

Like photographic film, whose colors fade as the film grows brittle with age, videotape is hurt by time and chance.