How to Use fraction in a Sentence

fraction

noun

• Head coach pay is up, but the salaries are still a fraction of what stars make.
  — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 18 Oct. 2024
• Not to mention, the tickets are a fraction of the price.
  — Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 22 Feb. 2023
• These tools are truly as good as new and sell for a fraction of the OG price.
  — Annie Blackman, Allure, 21 Oct. 2024
• After her death, Maisie's pearls were sold for a fraction of their original value.
  — Kathryn Varn, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
• The unusual world was discovered orbiting a small, cool star with just a fraction of our sun’s light, size and warmth.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023
• Walmart is filled with so many luxurious options for a fraction of the cost of pricey designer styles.
  — Ali Faccenda, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
• Even if the justices uphold the plan, many of the most indebted millennials will see their debt load decrease by only a small fraction.
  — Anna Louie Sussman, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2023
• These changes are an improvement, but chickens receive only a small fraction of the total amount of antibiotics used in food animals.
  — The Editors, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2023
• That number of beds would accommodate only a small fraction of the migrant families who reach U.S. soil.
  — Toluse Olorunnipa, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
• That is only a fraction of the volume that might be coming in from other nearby communities that have their own ambulance dispatch services.
  — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2023
• Battery-only vehicles need a lot of those materials, plug-in hybrids need significantly less and hybrids like the Prius require just a fraction.
  — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• While the crypto donations are only a fraction of the $145 million total raised, the donations still show the growing influence of what was once a nascent industry.
  — Makena Kelly, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
• The amount is a fraction of the $182 million the county has received in American Rescue Plan Act funding.
  — Jared Council, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2023
• The man shook his head a fraction and returned his cup to the saucer.
  — Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
• The task was accomplished in a fraction of the time and cost.
  — Eric Waller, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• And this is just a fraction of the 471 vacant lots in Mill City.
  — Sriya Reddy, Dallas News, 20 Mar. 2023
• Think clothing, shoes, and bags at a fraction of the price.
  — Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
• The shares were still trading at a fraction of their price before the fire.
  — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
• Even with the pay rise, that’s still a fraction of what workers get at union plants.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
• The red laces and rich brown nubuck evoke the classic Danner hiking boots for a fraction of the price.
  — Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2023
• By the time her son was two years old, her ejection fraction, the percent of blood pumped out of the heart, was low.
  — Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2023
• Don’t miss out on the chance to snag these items at a fraction of their regular price.
  — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2024
• China gives a small fraction of what the United States does.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 25 June 2023
• Though carrying only a fraction of the oil of the Sounion, the Rubymar left an 18-mile oil slick in the Red Sea.
  — Joshua Keating, Vox, 13 Sep. 2024
• So the net foreign exchange gain from tourism is likely a fraction of what the tourists bring in.
  — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
• That’s a tiny fraction of the armor that protects a Challenger 2.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 15 July 2023
• When even a fraction of a second matters, that can kill you.
  — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
• This synthetic area rug is durable and soft to the touch at a fraction of the price of real sheepskin.
  — Lily Gray, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• Restaurant savings:Too Good To Go app links to unsold food at a fraction of the cost.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 19 July 2024
• That’s a small fraction of the thousands of PFAS chemicals.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 29 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024