A recent report by the International Crisis Group, a global research organization, warned that the cease-fire had a fragile foundation.

Siler Jr. knew his mother mostly as a stranger, the relationship a fragile foundation built on the occasional phone call.

These were fragile foundations upon which to base hope; for all his shortcomings, Buntokapi was no fool.

Unfortunately because of its fragile foundation, Goryeo faced frequent rebellions.

"It seems a pretty fragile foundation for a consequential political judgment."

When Tyrus nodded, the acrobat built upon that fragile foundation.

But traders say the new-found optimism may rest on a fragile foundation.

The gigantic edifice of his intellect rested on fragile foundations.

This is a great deal to build on such fragile foundations.

The fragile foundations of the young Timorese democracy have been exposed in this crisis.