fragile
Example Sentences
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Critics of the Winter Games complain about the impact of infrastructure on fragile mountain environments, as well as the widespread energy- and water-intensive use of artificial snow.
From Barron's
"They'll see a team who are, not mentally fragile, but coming off the back of a big defeat, who will internally start to question what they are doing."
From BBC
But the fragile coalition government of small groups, including several LDP defectors, didn't even last a year and the party was back in power in 1994, albeit with a Socialist Party prime minister.
From Barron's
Spiti Valley has recently been included in the Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, a Unesco-recognised network aimed at conserving fragile ecosystems while supporting local livelihoods.
From BBC
Yet there emerges a quality by turns bruising and sweet in the depiction of this relationship, Mr. Melling fragile, devoted and desperate for affection until he explodes, Mr. Skarsgård reservedly beautiful but never blank.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
