fragile

Example Sentences

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Policymakers will continue to balance inflation trends against the risk of tightening too early when the economic recovery is still fragile, UOB said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“Manufacturers are entering the second quarter on a more fragile foundation as a result.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Despite this history of water interaction, the researchers found that fragile organic molecules were still preserved.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

"All he did was tear away that fragile veil in advance, placing the reality outside the room plainly on the table," one Xiaohongshu post read after his death.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

But for now, in a fragile peace dominated by the buzz of flies, they immersed themselves in experiments on genes and chromosomes.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee