glass breaks

Examples (10)

• Careful—glass breaks easily when dropped on tile.
• Over time, thin glass often breaks under thermal stress.
• The windshield’s safety glass broke but held together in a spiderweb pattern.
• Tempered glass rarely breaks without a sharp impact.
• If you tighten the screws too much, the door glass may break.
• When boiling water hit the bowl, the thin glass broke with a sharp snap.
• In the lab, the beaker’s glass has broken before during sudden pressure changes.
• During the quake, window glass was breaking all along the street.
• Sometimes decorative glass just breaks because of tiny imperfections called stress risers.
• Press gently—this antique glass could break at the slightest bend.