The lovers' families continue to interfere with their fragile and largely conceptual relationship.

Even one of those items would have put a heavy stress on a new, fragile relationship.

While Death and Albert seem to get on rather well, it is a fragile relationship.

She certainly didn't want to do anything that might prejudice the very fragile relationship Robbie was trying to establish with his father.

He also has a fragile relationship with his father, who is a doctor.

At highest risk is the fragile relationship between the president and prime minister.

Nor did they seem to care very much about women and children or understand our fragile relationships with nature.

He made no effort to force her into the next step of the fragile relationship.

The two have built a fragile relationship, but devote much of their energy to outmaneuvering each other.

But the recent, unexpected developments were putting a strain on an already fragile relationship.