fragile

Definition:
1. Easily broken or damaged or destroyed.
2. Vulnerably delicate.
3. Lacking solidity or strength.

Use 'fragile' in a sentence:

• 1. The apparatus is fragile and should be handled with care.
• 2. In that case, climax communities would be the most fragile and the least stable, since they can require hundreds of years to return to the climax state.
• 3. Teacups are kids who are extremely fragile and nuanced to their own discomforts.
• 4. The company does not accept liability for fragile, valuable or perishable articles.
• 5. Works of several historians reveal the moral compromises made by the nation's early leaders and the fragile nature of the country's infancy.
• 6. The central state, though often very rich and very populous, was intrinsically fragile.
• 7. Her father is now 86 and in fragile health.
• 8. Dr Gina Gómez, from the National Autistic Society, said research into fragile X syndrome could help understanding of certain aspects of autism.
• 9. The haircut emphasised her fragile beauty.
• 10. Her parents live in the time, desperate to protect the fragile body of her, until both passing away, also maintained that posture.
• 11. Progress in the development of renewables could be fragile, however, if fossil fuel prices remain low for long.
• 12. The incident ruptures a recent and fragile ceasefire.
• 13. She looked pretty and rather fragile, dressed in black velvet.
• 14. Their knowledge is so fragile!
• 15. Shakur loses his fragile grip on reality and starts blasting away at friends and foe alike.
• 16. Mussel with thin fragile shells having only rudimentary hinge teeth.
• 17. He placed one hand heavily on a fragile, wobbling table.
• 18. The vase is beautiful, but fragile.
• 19. This glass disc looks very fragile.
• 20. Some of them are really fragile.
• 21. This kind of paper is too fragile.
• 22. The crisis comes at a fragile time for public health.
• 23. When snorkeling, do not touch the coral or stir up sediment, as these actions can damage the reef's fragile ecosystem.
• 24. I wish to forcefully grasp fragile and entirely oppositional poles, allowing them to coexist.
• 25. The child's health is fragile.
• 26. Relations between the two companies are in a fragile state.
• 27. He felt irritated and strangely fragile, as if he were recovering from a severe bout of flu.
• 28. Keep to the track, where one exists, so you lessen the chance of damaging fragile plants.
• 29. They did not always prioritize the protection of Mauna Kea's fragile ecosystems or its holiness to the islands' inhabitants.
• 30. The reconciled reptiles rest on a fragile tile.
• 31. When she was found off the coast of California four years ago, the dog, was skinny and fragile.
• 32. It's a case of timing, dodging the minions and timing my burrowing to crack that fragile shell without pinging off the shielding.
• 33. It seemed to me, even, that there was nothing more fragile on all Earth.
• 34. The concept of man versus machine is at least as old as the industrial revolution, but this phenomenon tends to be most acutely felt during economic downturns and fragile recoveries.
• 35. Now it will be her job to get the Fed and the markets out of the biggest and most unconventional monetary program in history without derailing the fragile recovery.
• 36. The central state, though often very rich and very populous, was intrinsically fragile, since the development of new international trade routes could undermine the monetary base and erode state power.
• 37. Shakur loses his fragile grip on reality and starts blasting away at friends and foes alike.
• 38. His overall condition remained fragile.
• 39. The fragile economies of several southern African nations could be irreparably damaged.
• 40. The vase was quite fragile so we had to wrap it in soft material before we send it by post.
• 41. The fragile peace was hanging by a thread as thousands of hardliners took to the streets.
• 42. She was small and fragile and looked incongruous in an army uniform.
• 43. Coral reefs are one of the most fragile, biologically complex, and diverse marine ecosystems on Earth.
• 44. The woman's fragile face broke into a smile.
• 45. He leaned back in his fragile chair.
• 46. The economy remains extremely fragile.
• 47. Oil pollution could damage the fragile ecology of the coral reefs.
• 48. He remains the anchor of the country's fragile political balance.
• 49. I'm feeling a bit fragile after last night.
• 50. The challenge is how to ensure food without increasing animal numbers and having an impact on fragile lands and our resource bases.
• 51. Because of the extreme cold, the Antarctic is a uniquely fragile environment.
• 52. The Prime Minister's fragile government was on the brink of collapse.