fracture
noun
the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
were fracturing
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past progressiveof fracture.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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The Beatles covered Berry on their second and fourth albums and came back to him at the end of the 1960s, as they were fracturing: “Get Back” is Chuck through and through.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2017
Families were fracturing, divorce was reaching its peak, and children, left to their own devices, were becoming “latchkey kids.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2017
