Examples of frangible in a Sentence
frangible china teacups that were totally inappropriate for a child's birthday party
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Solid fences are safer today thanks to safety features like frangible pins and MIM clips that make a fence fall or collapse when hit.
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Olivia Hampton, NPR, 5 June 2024
If the boat does not stop, the Interceptor pulls alongside and the agent fires with disintegrating frangible ammunition into the boat’s engine.
—New York Times, 28 Jan. 2021
Nagel pumped the shotgun and chambered the first frangible round.
—New York Times, 28 Jan. 2021
At 1,000 metres, a frangible bolt—which was supposed to detach explosively in the event of power loss to shed weight—broke off.
—The Economist, 6 Sep. 2019
Now the team, led by Professor of Computer Vision Paul Rosin, is asking for more texts too fragile to be opened, hoping to ease the burden on historical researchers hesitant to examine the frangible objects.
—Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2018
Details needed to be worked out, such as a requirement that school guns fire only frangible bullets, which break apart into small pieces and are unlikely to pass through victims, as a way to limit the danger to innocent students.
—Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 19 May 2018
Ascendance International was exhibiting its trademark frangible bullets with a full-auto AR-15.
—Elliott Woods, The New Republic, 16 Apr. 2018
This guy visited Bam two months ago to take extensive tourist
pictures of Bam’s famous and highly frangible mud-brick structures.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2003
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Olivia Hampton, NPR, 5 June 2024
If the boat does not stop, the Interceptor pulls alongside and the agent fires with disintegrating frangible ammunition into the boat’s engine.
—New York Times, 28 Jan. 2021
Nagel pumped the shotgun and chambered the first frangible round.
—New York Times, 28 Jan. 2021
At 1,000 metres, a frangible bolt—which was supposed to detach explosively in the event of power loss to shed weight—broke off.
—The Economist, 6 Sep. 2019
Now the team, led by Professor of Computer Vision Paul Rosin, is asking for more texts too fragile to be opened, hoping to ease the burden on historical researchers hesitant to examine the frangible objects.
—Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2018
Details needed to be worked out, such as a requirement that school guns fire only frangible bullets, which break apart into small pieces and are unlikely to pass through victims, as a way to limit the danger to innocent students.
—Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 19 May 2018
Ascendance International was exhibiting its trademark frangible bullets with a full-auto AR-15.
—Elliott Woods, The New Republic, 16 Apr. 2018
This guy visited Bam two months ago to take extensive tourist
pictures of Bam’s famous and highly frangible mud-brick structures.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2003
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“Frangible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frangible. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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