fragile
Example Sentences
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However, the platinum market remains fragile given its reliance on “exceptionally lean and increasingly illiquid” stocks, the council said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
In July, a fragile truce between the Houthis and Yemen's government fell apart after the rebels welcomed an Iranian plane to the capital Sanaa, setting off a spate of attacks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
“You were so beautiful, you were so fragile, you were so real.”
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Pelto noted that icebergs from Petermann are generally thinner and more fragile than those produced by Greenland glaciers such as Jakobshavn and Helheim.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Sometimes the pain of our grief would break through the surface and threaten the fragile friendships we were nurturing.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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