Example Sentences

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The cartel is fracturing, with the United Arab Emirates announcing its exit on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The annual gathering in New Orleans also revealed this moment to be one of enormous flux: The denomination is fracturing, and its future is unclear.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Now, there are signs that the restraint is fracturing.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 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

The bottom line is we have a problem in this country, and the family is fracturing.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2012