fragility
Example Sentences
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But it struggled to shake off a sense of fragility.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Down the hall, ceramic eggs cover the walls while a giant yolk rests atop a mattress, turning a hospital bed into a commentary on fragility and birth.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
However, he also warned the United States was prepared to launch a "full, large-scale assault" if negotiations collapse, underscoring the fragility of the situation.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Just like a civilization that had taken peace for granted, the Great Depression revealed the fragility of the entire economic system.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
He had a sense of enormous unnatural fragility, like hollow glass.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
Vocabulary lists containing fragility
Give Me a Break!: Fract and Frag
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Unit 2: Pivotal Words and Phrases
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"Animal Wisdom" and "The Last Wolf," Vocabulary from the poems
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