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

The Revolutionary Council of Jos� Mir� Cardona, which figureheaded the U.S.-managed Bay of Pigs invasion, was fragmenting in despair.

From Time Magazine Archive