Example Sentences

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“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

By the end, the dressing room had fractured into three camps: a small group of loyalists, a larger group who actively resented him, and a numb majority who had simply stopped caring.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The family that Emanuel had fractured through neglect and obsession was about to convert his messianic vision into a quarter-billion-dollar business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

They marked the first definitive sign that the transatlantic alliance, which had survived for nearly 80 years, had fractured.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

The bedrock had fractured under the power of the blast, and could no longer support the anchor’s weight.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor