fragmentary

Example Sentences

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For criticism, streaming snippets are now carried along in a fragmentary rush of social media, bumping aside analog writing and reading.

From Los Angeles Times

Outside of southern California, there are not many finds of the species’ remains, and what finds do exist are often fragmentary.

From Washington Times

For most patients today, Penn says, doctors assemble a fragmentary picture of their risk for conditions such as heart disease and diabetes by performing separate tests for lipids, blood sugar, and inflammation.

From Science Magazine

We meet Ptolemy in his squalid apartment, a cockroach-infested hoarder’s paradise where he attends to the bleak drone of cable news and struggles to piece together fragmentary memories of his Mississippi childhood.

From New York Times

Like that debut recording, the new one includes excerpts from larger works — yet because Z is such a skilled editor, “A Secret Code” never feels too fragmentary.

From New York Times