fragile

Example Sentences

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Her illness made me realize how fragile our lives were.

From Literature

ADP said businesses created a meager 22,000 new jobs in January, suggesting little improvement in a fragile labor market in which work has become much harder to find.

From MarketWatch

U.S. growth is likely to be buoyed by AI and high-income consumers, he adds, describing momentum as “fragile, but strong.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"It was hard looking at her in the incubator... She was so fragile, small and precious," said Sarah.

From BBC

Each time makes it harder to carry out repairs and leaves the system more fragile, and prone to blackouts.

From BBC