Sentence examples for fragile shape from inspiring English sources

At the same time, many European financial institutions are still in fragile shape.

Still, in fragile shape after two recent falls and a hip replacement, she said she knew it was the end of an era.

The political system indeed the social contract that binds America's leaders and an unhappy, anxious electorate is already in fragile shape.

He was in such fragile shape that he was fed a handful of grain, four times a day, with limited hay.

But he eventually conceded that Citigroup was in such fragile shape in November 2008 that bank executives feared "they could have difficulty funding themselves" as their borrowing costs soared and investor confidence evaporated.

There is a simple reason for this holiday creep: with the economy in such fragile shape, sellers of holiday goods and services are seeking to gather their dollars while they may.

A row of gold frames holds each fragile cut shape, in blue or purple, green or cream, and you can glimpse the marks where his scissors ran.

But the fragile financial shape of Detroit, and other priorities, like an economic stimulus program, make it unclear how many compromises he might have to make.

But industry experts say there is almost no possibility of a strike, as the car companies are in such fragile financial shape that a shutdown could force at least one of them into bankruptcy.

People who visited him in his late 70s and early 80s described him sitting up against his pillows with scissors and paper, twisting and turning the coloured sheets beneath his blades to release a steady stream of fragile spiralling shapes that floated down to subside on the bedspread below like flotsam washed up by the sea.

People who visited him in his late 70s and early 80s described him sitting up against his pillows with scissors and paper, twisting and turning the coloured sheets beneath his blades to release a steady stream of fragile spiralling shapes that floated down to subside on the bedspread below like flotsam washed up by the sea.