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How to pronounce fragile in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin


a fragile claim to fame.
Type Words
Synonyms delicate, frail
Derivation fragility


fragile porcelain plates.
fragile old bones.
Type Words


she has the fragile beauty of youth.

Examples of fragile

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Yemen is a deeply divided country stitched together by fragile tribal alliances.
From the sacbee.com
Advantages of plastic screens include being lighter and less fragile than glass.
From the latimes.com
The U.S. economy is fragile, and Japan and Germany have deeply chronic problems.
From the businessweek.com
Its deserts, like Arctic tundra, were harsh, dangerous and ecologically fragile.
From the online.wsj.com
Here, I learned that the Symbolists expressed a fragile world, an inner reality.
From the thenewstribune.com
His face was unmarked, but he looked fragile, his skin like an unlit light bulb.
From the sacbee.com
If life were that fragile then things would have been wiped out a long time ago.
From the newscientist.com
Next week the theme is fragile, and the deadline for your entries is 25 October.
From the bbc.co.uk
It will place an added burden on municipalities grappling with fragile finances.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
More examples
  • Delicate: easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
  • Vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"
  • Flimsy: lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
  • (fragility) quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
  • (fragility) lack of physical strength
  • Fragile (Spanish: Fru00E1giles) is a 2005 Spanish-British horror film directed by Jaume Balagueru00F3.
  • Fragile is the seventh album released by British band Dead or Alive in 2000. Like their album Fan the Flame (Part 1), this album has only seen a release in Japan, where the band is very popular. ...
  • Love Is Dead is the debut album by Estonian recording artist Kerli, released in the United States on July 8, 2008 by Island Records. ...
  • Fever is the eighth album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, released in late 2001 in Europe and Australia, 2002 in North America by Parlophone, Mushroom and Capitol.