How to Use fragile in a Sentence

fragile

adjective

• The two countries have formed a fragile coalition.
• Her health has always been very fragile.
• He is in an emotionally fragile state.
• The government will cover the cost of the moves and damage done to many of the fragile structures.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
• Such a fragile, thin-skinned pol doesn’t deserve to be in City Hall.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
• The tea infuser basket is on the smaller side and can be fragile.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 8 June 2023
• Typically the first to pop up in the state are black morels, which are difficult to spot and a bit more fragile.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
• The pandemic reminded the well-heeled that life could be fragile and short.
  — Andy Hoffman, Fortune Europe, 8 Dec. 2023
• The Kung Fu Panda films are like a neon sign of a yin and yang, a fragile balance of philosophy and fat jokes.
  — Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
• Some blamed the house itself — maybe one that was too expensive or needed too much work — for the collapse of a fragile union.
  — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• The one-two punch of the Covid pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought fragile supply chains to the breaking point.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 8 June 2023
• Certain sections of the Maya Train are built over structurally fragile ground.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
• Advertisement Venice, which was pummeled by major floods in 2019, is one of the world’s most fragile cities.
  — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 29 May 2023
• With so many people gone for the holidays, my task began to feel like a very fragile, high-stakes Jenga game.
  — Hazlitt, 14 Feb. 2024
• All fit securely, and its sturdy frame and padded trim kept fragile items from toppling.
  — Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2023
• Eating too fast can overwhelm your fragile organs and cause problems of their own.
  — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 29 Nov. 2023
• Stock benchmarks in China plumbed new lows for the year, weighed down by concerns about the fragile real-estate sector.
  — WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
• Let movie stars promote their summer movies, given the fragile state of the theatrical market.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2023
• In fact, long strands of noodles made with millet were found in China, dating back about 4000 years — no small feat because the gluten-free grain can make for a fragile dough.
  — Maria Speck, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2023
• City officials have promised to repair about 40 of the most fragile stalls while they are disassembled during the Olympics.
  — Jenny Gross, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• Like Vélez’s emergency blankets, the fragile craft express the hazards of leaving home.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
• In Maui, the police chief has said that some fragile remains have already been disturbed by people moving through the wreckage.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 14 Aug. 2023
• The stigma are so fragile that they can only be harvested by hand, which is why saffron is one of the most expensive spices per ounce.
  — Jessica Dukes, House Beautiful, 5 June 2023
• At the moment, avatar systems are fragile and expensive.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2023
• In that time, Texas endured expanding droughts in the summer and hung on for survival as ice and snow created chaos with the state’s fragile electric grid in the winter.
  — David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
• As a job, wrestling is uniquely dangerous to people with dwarfism, whose spines and vertebrae are fragile.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• The first trimester is one of the most fragile periods, in part, because the majority of miscarriages happen before the 12-week mark.
  — Tiffany Ayuda, SELF, 14 Feb. 2024
• There have been reports that the affair – which has since ended – left the runner an emotionally fragile state.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 14 June 2023
• In 2021, Gloria said San Diego was fragile because of the pandemic and its impact on the city’s tourism-reliant economy.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024
• And during the fall, these small, fragile birds make an incredible journey south, stopping along the way to briefly grace your favorite upland haunts.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 18 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024