fragile

[US]/ˈfrædʒaɪl/
[UK]/ˈfrædʒl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. easily broken, delicate; weak.

Phrases & Collocations

fragile item

fragile goods

fragile x syndrome

Example Sentences

a fragile claim to fame.

a collection of fragile porcelain plates.

The fragile dish broke into smithereens.

the party's fragile unity began to crumble.

you have a fragile grip on reality.

a brittle relationship between husband and wife.See Synonyms at fragile

the finest embroidery. See also Synonyms at fragile

her bones became fragile and brittle.

The fragile boxes arrived intact.

The old lady was increasingly fragile after her operation.

The fragile china survived the bumpy journey safe and sound.

Walkers can unwittingly damage the fragile environment in which the birds live.

An undisclosed buyer will provide a much-needed cash injection for the fragile balance sheet.

Life is fragile enough as it is.It comes and goes fleetingly as a falling star!

I'm feeling rather fragile after all that beer last night.

Pulp verdure, delicate and juicily, sweet fragile faint scent, xian Guo contains sugar the volume is high, nutrition is rich.

Therefore we point out a new method of testing fragile material's strength of extension.That is to say we can measure the disk's strength of extension by pressing in its diametric.

May all who will be making decisions at Copenhagen think long and hard about "Earthrise" and how special and fragile our planet is in the black void of space.

A new type shale inhibiter,KLG and sealing agent are used to seal fragile formation so that we can enhance safety density and solve the problem of hole collapse.

Real-world Examples

OK.can you give me a fragile label?

Source: Traveling Abroad Conversation: Travel Section

The way we power the world is fragile.

Source: Vox opinion

But there's something frighteningly fragile about them too.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

" The ocean is deceptively fragile, " says Baron.

Source: Time

I think I'm fragile. i'm extremely sensitive.

Source: The Ellen Show

Siegert used the term fragile, meaning easily broken or damaged, to describe Antarctica.

Source: VOA Special August 2023 Collection

" This demonstrates how arbitrary and fragile human life is, " he wrote.

Source: VOA Slow English Technology

It seemed to me, even, that there was nothing more fragile on all Earth.

Source: The Little Prince

The clients we serve are very medically fragile, vulnerable, primarily low income people.

Source: CNN 10 Summer Special

And I felt him to be more fragile still.

Source: The Little Prince

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