How to Use fraction in a Sentence

fraction

noun

• The man shook his head a fraction and returned his cup to the saucer.
  — Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
• The task was accomplished in a fraction of the time and cost.
  — Eric Waller, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• And this is just a fraction of the 471 vacant lots in Mill City.
  — Sriya Reddy, Dallas News, 20 Mar. 2023
• Not to mention, the tickets are a fraction of the price.
  — Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 22 Feb. 2023
• Think clothing, shoes, and bags at a fraction of the price.
  — Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
• Head coach pay is up, but the salaries are still a fraction of what stars make.
  — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 18 Oct. 2024
• These tools are truly as good as new and sell for a fraction of the OG price.
  — Annie Blackman, Allure, 21 Oct. 2024
• The shares were still trading at a fraction of their price before the fire.
  — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
• Even with the pay rise, that’s still a fraction of what workers get at union plants.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
• The red laces and rich brown nubuck evoke the classic Danner hiking boots for a fraction of the price.
  — Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2023
• By the time her son was two years old, her ejection fraction, the percent of blood pumped out of the heart, was low.
  — Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2023
• Don’t miss out on the chance to snag these items at a fraction of their regular price.
  — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2024
• China gives a small fraction of what the United States does.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 25 June 2023
• Though carrying only a fraction of the oil of the Sounion, the Rubymar left an 18-mile oil slick in the Red Sea.
  — Joshua Keating, Vox, 13 Sep. 2024
• So the net foreign exchange gain from tourism is likely a fraction of what the tourists bring in.
  — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
• Without further ado, these are the very best Black Honey dupes, all for sale at the fraction of the price.
  — Margaux Anbouba, ELLE, 31 Jan. 2023
• That’s a tiny fraction of the armor that protects a Challenger 2.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 15 July 2023
• When even a fraction of a second matters, that can kill you.
  — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
• This synthetic area rug is durable and soft to the touch at a fraction of the price of real sheepskin.
  — Lily Gray, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• Restaurant savings:Too Good To Go app links to unsold food at a fraction of the cost.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 19 July 2024
• That’s a small fraction of the thousands of PFAS chemicals.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 29 Jan. 2024
• For trendy pieces at a fraction of the price, Reformation has become the go-to source.
  — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
• And those filings are still just a fraction of the number of people forced out of their rental homes each year.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 3 Sep. 2023
• The end result is that only a small fraction of what needs to be burned ends up being burned.
  — Jennifer Oldham, ProPublica, 12 May 2023
• Infowars is just a fraction of Fox News’ size, and even the $965 million judgment didn’t sink it.
  — Brian Cheung, NBC News, 19 Apr. 2023
• Szemerédi was the first to prove that this fraction must shrink to zero as N grows.
  — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024
• Sweater sets, flowy pants, and sneakers are a fraction of their normal price.
  — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 24 Feb. 2024
• Unlike those two-stroke trimmers, this is a fraction of the noise and–of course–there’s no stink from exhaust fumes.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023
• The afterimage of any one scene lasts in the human visual system for fractions of a second, Banna says.
  — Charlotte Hu, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
• The ads are only a fraction of the more than $115 billion Meta earns annually in advertising revenue.
  — Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024