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verb

past tense of fragment

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fragmented
Adjective
Through fragmented narratives and mythic imagery, Mosese crafts a haunting reflection on dislocation and belonging. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025 Draghi laments the fragmented state of the continent’s defense industrial sector, stressing the need for scale and demand aggregation. Erik Jones, Foreign Affairs, 13 Jan. 2025 Birch chalks this up, in part, to the monoculture that existed in the ’90s, before the Internet and streaming fragmented everyone’s viewing habits. John Russell, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025 Instead, it was disseminated by reporters in a fragmented media environment to a hyperpartisan electorate. Ben Protess, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for fragmented 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmented
Adjective
  • The concert at the country’s main public square settled a pending debt with his Mexican fans, after postponing a presentation originally scheduled for September due to a domestic accident that resulted in five fractured ribs and forced him to suspend a series of shows in Mexico and Colombia.
    Natalia Cano, Billboard, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Canada is already fractured politically, geographically, and economically.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Injuries, however, have disrupted Caruso’s plans.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Flights in late afternoon are more likely to be disrupted.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • There is a broken down vehicle on US-69 from 135th Street to Blue Valley Parkway.
    Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2025
  • For many years, a radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens, while the pillars of our society lay broken and seemingly in complete disrepair.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Lewis, who read the quarterback perfectly and was initially positioned near the back of the end zone, broke hard toward the area before Maye had finished his delivery.
    Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • After news of Lively’s complaint broke, WME dropped Baldoni as a client.
    Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Faith Community Hospital Around 19 minutes in, Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton) is checked out at Midland General Hospital for a smashed finger.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Don’t expect the chickpea fritters to be crunchy, though — the smashed falafel balls are soft and almost blend into the texture of the hummus, but that wasn’t a complaint from testers.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025

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“Fragmented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmented. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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