fragile
Example Sentences
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Into this already fragile system comes the fuel crisis, compounding every existing problem.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
In Still Alive, Samay Raina gestures to that fragile balance: how jokes, once released into the online world, can travel far beyond their original context, taking on new meanings, and sometimes carry serious consequences.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The agreement of a two-week cease-fire has been broadly welcomed by markets, causing oil prices and bond yields to fall, but the truce looks fragile and many uncertainties remain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
This week’s big rally in stocks lost some steam Friday amid rising inflation at home and as Saturday’s planned U.S.-Iran meeting in Islamabad put the countries’ fragile cease-fire in focus.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
The skin felt fragile and greasy, like waxed paper that had curled in an oven’s heat.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Vocabulary lists containing fragile
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