1.   In her present fragile state, an inquisition, nomatterhow well-intentioned, would have shattered her into a million pieces.

2.   It gave him a shock in his fragile state.

3.   Relations between the two countries are in a fragile state.

4.   He is in an emotionally fragile state.

5.   In her present fragile state, an inquisition, no matter how well-intentioned, would have shattered her into a million pieces.

6.   A further sign of the fragile state of the economy is the weakening yen.

7.   But a more graphic reminder of the fragile state of some buildings was the collapse in March of a decrepit Harlem apartment building.

8.   Dr. Stuart Grassian, a Harvard Medical School psychiatrist, said that falsely imprisoning Sanders, already a victim of schizophrenia, probably exacerbated his fragile mental state.

9.   Given the fragile state of black-Jewish relations, candidates have a special duty to avoid appeals to prejudice.

10.   Given the fragile state of the economy, the Bank of Japan has made it clear it will keep interest rates low for the foreseeable future.