How to Use fraught in a Sentence
fraught
adjective
-
This, of course, is among the most fraught topics of the moment.
—
Martha Schwendener,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2024
-
The pilgrimage has been fraught with risks in the past as well.
—
Shams Irfan,
Washington Post,
9 July 2022
-
But the timing here is a bit fraught, as are the numbers.
—
Sy Mukherjee,
Fortune,
4 Mar. 2021
-
Even a drive to the grocery store is fraught with peril.
—
Angela Rocco Decarlo,
WSJ,
3 Feb. 2019
-
But first the Pentagon had to come up with a list of names -- a fraught task.
—
The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
27 Dec. 2021
-
And the first two feel a little bit fraught with problems.
—
John Norris,
Billboard,
12 Feb. 2018
-
The world around them was fraught, with fascism on the rise in Germany, Italy and Spain.
—
Kc Cole,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Mar. 2024
-
For better or for worse, that area of law is very fraught.
—
John McCormack,
National Review,
20 June 2019
-
But the days leading up to her death were fraught with tension.
—
CBS News,
6 June 2020
-
But the peace prize can serve as a beacon of hope in fraught and fractured times.
—
Christian Edwards,
CNN,
4 Oct. 2023
-
From the outset, the case has been fraught with politics.
—
Patrick Marley,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2021
-
Yet there are deeper forces at work that make the fight here more fraught than most.
—
Jack Brook,
The Christian Science Monitor,
2 July 2020
-
The impressions of that night are fraught with issues of race and class.
—
oregonlive,
27 June 2020
-
Even if a cheese can be rescued, the act of bringing it back to life can be fraught.
—
Ruby Tandoh,
The New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2020
-
Now, the climate may be even more fraught, adding female outrage to the mix.
—
Nina Shapiro,
The Seattle Times,
16 Oct. 2018
-
Those six months to Mars could, for astronauts, be a fraught time.
—
John Wenz,
Popular Mechanics,
9 July 2018
-
The world of capsules, pills, and powders is fraught with junk science and sketchy brands.
—
Sara Angle,
Outside Online,
18 Apr. 2018
-
Trying to study this dynamic would be fraught, to say the least.
—
Caroline Delbert,
Popular Mechanics,
18 Mar. 2021
-
But asking for a say in the drafting would be fraught, anyway.
—
The Economist,
22 Feb. 2020
-
That doesn’t even include the larger and more fraught issues.
—
Will Bunch,
Philly.com,
12 July 2018
-
The drama is tense, fraught and compelling, though with less of a payoff than you’d like.
—
Dallas News,
8 Dec. 2022
-
One thing that’s hard to wrap my head around, though, is the notion that food will always be fraught for me.
—
Emma Specter,
Bon Appétit,
22 June 2022
-
For news content creators who don’t want to take a side, the landscape can be fraught.
—
Taylor Lorenz,
Washington Post,
10 Oct. 2023
-
The culture wars were manifest in more fraught ways as well.
—
Nicole Laporte,
Town & Country,
2 Oct. 2022
-
At a time when clothing can still feel fraught, a little sparkle can take one a long way.
—
Marina Khorosh,
Vogue,
27 Dec. 2021
-
Glaciers are fraught with hazards that range from slips on ice to falls down sinkholes called a moulins.
—
Amy Bushatz,
Anchorage Daily News,
17 Oct. 2021
-
As for me, these days, there are no more fraught car journeys with my parents.
—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
6 July 2020
-
But that would’ve been a character that was too fraught to begin with.
—
Carolyn Murnick,
The Cut,
1 Sep. 2017
-
But perhaps nowhere is the question more fraught than among Jews themselves.
—
Jonathan Weisman,
New York Times,
10 Dec. 2023
-
And major projects, such as the shift to the cloud, are complex, fraught multiyear journeys.
—
John Kell,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2024
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'fraught.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated:
