fragment
noun
a part broken off or detached.
was fragmenting
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past progressiveof fragment.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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There was a pandemic, civil war and the empire was fragmenting.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2022
I wanted to find out why the country was fragmenting rather than binding together.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2016
Mr. Thomas countered that the newspaper audience was fragmenting, that people read the paper more selectively, and that when they found what interested them, they wanted to read about it in depth.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2014
It’s also evident, however, that Cunningham, characteristically, was fragmenting and splicing.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2010
