How to Use fragment in a Sentence

fragment

1 of 2 noun
  • The dish lay in fragments on the floor.
  • I could only hear fragments of their conversation.
  • On one side of it is a fragment of my first novel.
    — Joyce Johnson, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
  • Each frame becomes a fragment of a life that could be.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
  • One photo shows the fragments of a bomb.
    — Sarah Dean, NBC news, 12 June 2026
  • The fragment of jaw was also hers.
    — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
  • The fragment weights over 5 tons and is about 7 feet tall.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The floating shelves fragment and break away.
    — Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The pipe crushed his spine, and fragments of bone badly bruised his spinal cord.
    — Maya Miller, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2024
  • There are snippets and fragments of it found in the margins of the work day.
    — Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Glass fragments were found on the ground where the vehicle had been parked.
    — cleveland, 14 July 2023
  • Most were destroyed in a raid, though a few fragments survive.
    — Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
  • The tiny fragments are found in the air, water, food and even clothing.
    — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • News from Iran arrived in fragments.
    — Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • News from Iran arrived in fragments.
    — Pegah Banihashemi, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Even a fragment of lead as small as a grain of rice can be lethal to a mature bald eagle.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Like a memory, its force comes in fragments.
    — Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • His truth exists only in fragments, in pieces.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • It is already being built in fragments.
    — Nigel Morris, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • This guy got his head banged and bone fragments left on the weapon of his execution.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The debris fragments that are left over are sent to a sediment tank.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
  • Bug fragments and rat hair in your peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Testing then runs until the tank is full of broken fragments.
    — Deena Theresa, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
  • Most of what has been discovered are bone fragments, teeth and shreds of clothing.
    — Pascale Bonnefoy, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Kwoba still needs surgery to remove fragments from his buttocks and back thighs.
    — Larry Madowo, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Dandelions can regrow from fragments of root left in the soil.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2026
  • The red fragments highlight dust that is warmed by the largest and brightest stars in the center.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Yet my kids have seen only fragments of the people and food that have defined so much of my life.
    — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Sappho and her fragments divine me.
    — Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
  • Vets also found fragments of bullets lodged beneath the jaguar's skin.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025

fragment

2 of 2 verb
  • The party is fragmenting into warring factions.
  • These issues are fragmenting our society.
  • Too many tile styles in one space looks fragmented; stick to one main tile instead.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Or would those same devs see it as fragmenting a base group of players?
    — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 25 June 2018
  • The animals are not adept jumpers, so fences fragment their habitat.
    — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Even with their last half hour of sleep fragmented, snoozers didn’t feel more tired during the day.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Don't unify your team and your company will fragment or fracture.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • They were fragmented and partly quarried away, with their pedestals dispersed.
    — CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
  • But as volume increases, these systems can start to fragment.
    — Justin Hertzberg, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • If that record were ever broken or fragmented, the loss would reach far beyond Hawaii.
    — Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • If one side fragments badly enough, surprises can happen.
    — James Ward, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • People can sometimes awake abruptly as a result, and sleep is fragmented.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 29 June 2023
  • Walk farther into the space, however, and the wall appears to fragment.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 21 June 2018
  • The audience is also fragmented thanks to the boom in streaming.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Any line of storm that forms is likely to be fragmented, meaning that some areas may get hit hard, while others are passed over.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 9 May 2018
  • Alliances feel shakier, trade is fragmenting, and great powers are jostling more openly.
    — Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The Rus’ state had become fragmented, beset by quarrelling among its princes.
    — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The British electorate has fragmented.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
  • Decisions take longer because your mind is fragmented.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • The appetite for shared experience didn’t die when the screens fragmented.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Dudayev’s death did not fragment resistance.
    — Robert A. Pape, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The problem is that point solutions are fragmented by nature.
    — Julia Strandberg, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • The sport has a lot on the line as the most dominant group of players in tennis history begins to fragment.
    — Tom Perrotta, WSJ, 24 May 2018
  • There’s suddenly a ton of money sloshing around, and, slowly, the tech world is starting to fragment.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The bullet struck Howard in the face and lodged behind his eye, fragmenting upon impact.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 1 June 2026
  • By contrast, middle-of-the-road and progressive sources were fragmented.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • But despite the importance, the view of the predicament has often been fragmented.
    — Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Some fragments feature drawings or geometric designs rather than text.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
  • In the process of court I have been fragmented, silenced, defamed and traumatized.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • Even their journey to Wales, where the tournament was being staged, was fragmented.
    — Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025

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