fracture
noun
the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
fractured
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past participleof fracture.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof fracture.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
fracturenounthe breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
Example Sentences
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Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok recently pointed out that the market has fractured into two camps: AI stocks, and non-AI stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026
It’s another song about a fractured relationship in which obsession reaches a boiling point, as if we’re seeing the couple from “Happy for You” in a different but equally disturbing phase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Yet for too long, division has fractured our football family.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The idea of one song taking hold among the entire nation’s teenagers is even more ridiculous now that streaming has fractured the musical monoculture.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Before he peels away to hobnob, he says he has a thought about another way to illustrate the way attention works, and how easily it can be fractured in the modern world.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
