fragile
adjective
easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail.
fragility
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a word derived from
fragile.
Example Sentences
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The same fragility may also mean that many extinct reptiles and amphibians have disappeared from the fossil record entirely.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
You would like to increase your liquidity, but you are hardly in a position of financial fragility.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
While she likely intended the lyric to be empowering, instead it feels more like a metaphor for her apparent physical fragility.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
“The medical system. Myself. It made me realize the fragility of bringing anything to life. We take so much for granted.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Alice gestured with her tiny hands, and what Olanna had once thought to be an elegant fragility suddenly became a self-absorbed conceit, a luxurious selfishness; Alice spoke as if she alone suffered from the war.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
