Example Sentences

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Their failure to qualify for the World Cup in 2018 fractured a sense of hope manifested by the more naive, stone-washed-denim-clad days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Season three picks up half a decade after the characters left high school, following them into a far darker and more fractured version of adulthood.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The money, in their view, not only has to make up for mounting legal fees, but lost income, tainted reputations, fractured families, and years spent behind bars.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

“I thought maybe they had fractured a rib because that’s how painful it was. I couldn’t sleep face down for three weeks.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

I could make out a dark fractured outline on the bottom, the blackened hulk in three large sections.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen