fragile
Example Sentences
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At the time we met, a fragile ceasefire was in place in Lebanon.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Rivera said she was deeply worried about how an open-ended strike would affect her emotionally fragile kids — and frustrated by there being less than 24 hours of notice either way.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Even small amounts of electromagnetic noise can disrupt the fragile quantum states needed for computation.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
The key question, then, is whether private credit reproduces the balance-sheet features that make banks fragile.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
It was hard to hate a fragile old lady, even one so vile.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
Vocabulary lists containing fragile
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