How to Use fragmented in a Sentence
fragmented
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The seats were so fragmented, the wire springs poked through the leather, and the steering wheel had decades of hand sweat soaked in.
— Carolyn Fong, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023 -
The fragmented way that health care and dental care are paid for is one of them.
— Lola Butcher, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024 -
The remains were very fragmented, consisting of most of the spine, the legs and the large lower jaw.
— David Bressan, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024 -
So that’s the state of the social media feed in 2023; fractured and fragmented, siloed and confused.
— Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023 -
As a result, some bear scats look like they’re coated in a black, fragmented shell.
— Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 30 May 2024 -
Joel: The fans are already live-streaming your show in a fragmented way on all their socials.
— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023 -
But the problem now is that the HR function is filled with fragmented groups that don’t know how to work together.
— Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 20 May 2024 -
Part of the plan is to shore up the country's fragmented defense industry.
— Isabel Reynolds and Yuki Hagiwara Bloomberg News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2023 -
One of the mysteries of that outbreak is why the UK has been hit so hard, and why the US—much larger and with a more fragmented health care system—has not.
— Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2022 -
At the time of Webb’s death his family had become quite fragmented.
— IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2023 -
What's next: The company is eyeing the more fragmented freight or trucking space, Kober says.
— Richard Collings, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024 -
As a result of these shifts, the digital world has never been more fragmented.
— Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 7 June 2024 -
One fostered a broad if fragmented network of readers all over the United States.
— Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023 -
Lopatin has found a way to make the fragmented experience of our present era not just beautiful but true.
— Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023 -
The study cites a greatly fragmented panorama of 150 cartels.
— Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023 -
Also, if a space is super fragmented, people don’t think about it.
— Nicole Gull McElroy, Fortune, 13 July 2023 -
Artists working in collage bring order to a fragmented world.
— Aubrey Hawke, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Nov. 2022 -
At the root of the fragmented actions is a fundamental mismatch.
— Cecilia Kang, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023 -
In contrast to the scale and breadth of the New York market, the European industry is a fragmented patchwork of mostly small and medium-size stocks.
— Chris Hughes, Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2023 -
Transmission-line permitting has always been a messy tangle of red tape in the U.S., the product of a fragmented grid and never-in-my-back-yardism.
— Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2022 -
For the first few episodes, the story seems overly fragmented and mysterious.
— Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023 -
Their front tracks are more fragmented and some space might exist between their pads and heels, while their hind tracks create a single solid shape.
— Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024 -
This time around, brands have asked for more coordination and support across their very fragmented supply chains, which is one of the team’s main goals.
— Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024 -
But in reality, the Catholic Church is more complex and much more fragmented than those outside often can see.
— Steven P. Millies, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2021 -
The majority of the names read at the service were accompanied by fragmented remembrances of the lives lost.
— Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2023 -
But that Season 2 could also be another story, with the show telling something else in its unique, fragmented style.
— Evan Romano, Men's Health, 6 Jan. 2023 -
Voters encounter politicians in a fragmented fashion, by scrolling through clips on TikTok and YouTube.
— Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024 -
And thanks to a fragmented layout, open-concept homes can still achieve some separation.
— Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2023 -
Macron to pick a new prime minister Macron must appoint a new prime minister, but the fragmented Parliament remains unchanged.
— Tom Nouvian and Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024 -
Macron faces the pressing challenge of appointing a successor to lead a minority government in a fragmented Parliament without a clear majority.
— Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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