Not as fragile

Usage examples of sturdier.

The blue males were sturdier than their smaller sisters, while the browns and bronzes had the staying power for long, arduous battles against Thread.

Peter was much sturdier now than he had been when he had joined the Parapsychics, but he was still susceptible to contusions.

While Ferris looked sturdier than Ditsy, his undernourished bones were fragile.

She had confided in me that Alessan had managed to breed some startlingly agile runners when his father had ordered him to produce a sturdier, multipurpose strain.

When the children first reported the invasion he had wanted to storm out to engage the enemy, teach them a lesson and drive them back to the southern regions, but the old werowance would have none of this, nor did any of his people wish to face the sturdier men from the south.

But he felt young, for his oldest son had left the refuge one summer’s day to paddle back to the village, and when he returned he brought with him the sister of Matapank, the werowance, and soon Pentaquod had a grandson, longer and sturdier than the usual Choptank baby.

The dog had long since learned to make no sound as they approached the area where the gun was hidden, but when he saw it safely loaded into the skiff that Amos used, he leaped joyously for the sturdier skiff in which Ben would ride to pick up the dead geese.

After taking his knife from his belt, he cut small limbs and lashed them together with vines, then propped one end of his contraption up by wedging sturdier limbs under the corners.

She pulled a sturdier handkerchief from her sleeve and wiped her eyes before blowing her nose.

That was a shame, but Aria was a lot sturdier now than the fluffball Cashel and Zahag had rescued from the wizard's tower.

It was a good rye-straw broom, not a twig besom like those some folks in Barca's Hamlet used because they were sturdier and lasted longer.

He was of her own height but sturdier, endowed with nondescript hair and features—aside from a pair of ears that stuck out just a mite too far.

Each wore a cloak fashioned of similar material as well as a backpack and belt made from something sturdier and darker.

To allay his concerns, Teal assured him they would soon be able to switch to a thicker, sturdier pathway.

If the mental 'jolt' you say you received accords in any fashion with the location of the recognized gravitational lens, then perhaps the rest of your tale is grounded in something sturdier than mere metaphysics.