| 1. | Nor founded on the brittle strength of bones. - from Paradise Lost by John Milton |
| 2. | pike-pointed staff, clinging to topples of brittle and blue. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 3. | As brittle as the glory is the fac. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | O brittle joy O sweete poison quain. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 5. | A brittle glory shineth in this fac. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 6. | I better brook the loss of brittle lif. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 7. | The brittle steel, unfaithful to his hand. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 8. | Or else my kingdom stands on brittle glass. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 9. | The brittle point before his corslet yield. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |