Fragment example sentences

Related (11): piece, shard, portion, fragment, segment, bit, splinter, chip, fraction, sliver, moiety

✕ Play noun [ˈfraɡmənt]

fragment (noun) · fragments (plural noun)

  - a small part broken or separated off something:

  - an isolated or incomplete part of something:

  - break or cause to break into fragments:

Synonyms

piece, bit, particle, speck, chip, shard, sliver, splinter, shaving, paring, snippet, scrap, flake, shred, tatter, wisp, morsel, shiver, spillikin, smithereens, spall, snatch, snippet, scrap, bit, smattering, extract, excerpt, part, section, chapter, movement, break, shatter, splinter, fracture, explode, implode, disintegrate, collapse, smash, bust, spall, shiver, Legal

"Fragment" Example Sentences


1. The vase fell and shattered into fragments.
2. Archaeological fragments can provide clues to the past.
3. The broken pot was pieced together from fragments.
4. The man spoke in fragmented sentences.
5. DNA fragments can be used to identify a person.
6. The fossils were just small fragments of bone.
7. The once whole pot now lay in fragments on the floor.
8. Memory fragments of her childhood came flooding back.
9. The bomb left fragments embedded in the walls.
10. Fog rolled off the lake in fragmented spirals.
11. The glass shattered into large and small fragments.
12. Text fragments found on scrolls need to be translated.
13. The sandwich flew apart, its filling spilling out in fragments.
14. The inscription was written on tiny stone fragments.
15. The manuscript was incomplete, missing several fragments.
16. The mosaic was made up of colorful stone fragments.
17. He pieced together fragments of newspaper to make a collage.
18. The vase fell leaving just fragments in a thousand pieces.
19. The writer used fragments of memories as inspiration.
20. The fragmentary nature of the evidence made it hard to reach a conclusion.
21. Her thought was an incomplete fragment.
22. The bomb left metal fragments embedded in a wall.
23. One fragment of bone led to a major archaeological discovery.
24. The dream came back to her in fragmented bits.
25. Many great books began with just a fragment of an idea.
26. The jigsaw puzzle consisted of many tiny fragments of interlocking pieces.
27. Fragments of the broken plate were swept into the dustpan.
28. The plane crashed into tiny fragments upon impact.
29. The old ruins were just crumbling fragments of what was once a great palace.
30. Shards and fragments of pottery littered the site.
31. Her memory came back to her in small fragments over time.
32. The faded note was just a small fragment torn from a larger letter.
33. The president's speech was full of rambling fragments.
34. The archaeologists carefully collected every piece of pottery fragment.
35. The scattered pieces of the glassware could not be joined; they were just fragments now.
36. The sentence was a grammatical fragment.
37. The sunset painted fragmented streaks of colors across the sky.
38. The mosaic was assembled from tiny pieces of tile and ceramic fragments.
39. The clock tower fell apart into small fragments after the bomb blast.
40. The broken vase turned into hundreds of worthless fragments.
41. The artifact revealed clues about the time period through material fragments and etching patterns.
42. The child spoke in fragmentary sentences.
43. The bomb left behind scorched metal and glass fragments after the explosion.
44. The data received was only a fragment of what was expected.
45. The pottery shard was one small fragment of the larger whole.
46. The poet wrote in fragmentary verses.
47. The window shattered into hundreds of sharp glass fragments.
48. The investigators collected soil and fabric fragments from the crime scene.
49. The bomb left ceramic and stone fragments scattered for miles.
50. The poet wrote in fragmentary bits and pieces over several years.

Common Phases


Fragmentary evidence
Fragments of memory
• In fragmentary form
• Left in fragments
Fragmentary remains
Fragmentary knowledge
• Became fragmented
Fragments of thought
• Broken into fragments
• Shards and fragments
• Pieced together fragments
Fragment of a dream
Fragment of a sentence
• Reassembling the fragments
• Scattered fragments
• Gathering the fragments
• Tiny ceramic fragments
Fragment of pottery
• Isolated fragment
• Single fragment

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