fragile
Example Sentences
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Intervention by the governor and community mediation efforts restored a fragile peace to the area, but the instigators of the violence remain at large.
From Barron's
It’s not like I’m this fragile little thing.
From Los Angeles Times
If collaboration is optional in education, it will be fragile in business.
“They’re exposed to a subset of companies with fragile balance sheets,” Newman said.
Six years later, Spain's fragile democracy appeared to hang in the balance for several hours as the coup attempt took place.
From BBC
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