Example Sentences

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The point, it seems, is to underline the brevity and fragility of her characters’ lives, and of our own.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

But things like this appeal hearing... takes you right back to the moments of fragility.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Policymakers are puzzling over whether weak job growth overstates labor-market fragility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

No player epitomizes the fragility of NFL draft day quite like former University of Colorado quarterback, and now Cleveland Browns player, Shedeur Sanders.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Her fragility made me feel the most unbearable tenderness toward her.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende