Tim Buckley was singing his sad songs of grace and dreamed encounters in a voice so fragile it made you want to cry.

Margarite said in a voice less brittle and more fragile.

Men, women, the fragile voices of children.

His voice, once so fragile, seemed to echo through the rooms filled with treasures.

Her fragile and childish voice seems to be made for this type of music.

And with her fragile but clear voice she sounds believable, whether she's giving in to desire or trying to tear herself away.

"Yes, sir," she said in a fragile voice.

Then she took up the descant, her fragile voice rising sure and true above Piemur's.

Buried under the weight of last week's main operatic event, a faint, fragile voice (in Swedish) can still be heard.