Result: the gate was only a flimsy structure of wood -- we would break it down.

Tents or flimsy structures made to last a season won't cope with the kind of winter storms we're going to see.

He could have chosen a flimsier structure for the barracks plans, something that would last a few years.

In their panic, they might crash right through the flimsy structure.

Such leisurely vibrations were to be expected in this vast and flimsy structure.

It collapsed last year as Russia's flimsy financial structure came unglued.

Even so far from the star, sunlight's pressure inflated the large but flimsy structure.

The first bridge was a flimsy wooden structure built by local pioneers with material that were at hand.

Their speed was four times what Ortnahme had planned, given the flimsy structure of the bridge.

A few flimsy structures and small watercraft also sustained damage.