fracture
noun
the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
is fracturing
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present progressiveof fracture (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The past few days have renewed fears in Europe that the Western alliance is fracturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
The poll, like a few before it had hinted, highlights how Washington state is fracturing more than ever along an educational fault line.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
Confronted with fabricated testimony, “Mahmood stumbles, his English is fracturing, words of Somali, Arabic, Hindi, Swahili and English clotting at once on his tongue.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2021
“Inequality is trapping hundreds of millions in poverty. It is fracturing our societies and undermining democracy.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2017
The bottom line is we have a problem in this country, and the family is fracturing.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2012
